RE: [gtkmm] Reset a value in a cell

[Bryan Forbes <mxpxfifws yahoo com>]

My I interject?  I'll take the silence as a yes :).  Anyway, about 3 or 4 months ago, I
was thinking about writing a gtk+ engine in c++.  I think the idea is awesome.  I was
told on this list that it had been discussed and decided it couldn't be done, but from
what you say, it sounds like it could be done.  I have no doubt that it can be done
because gtkmm/glibmm/etc. are just wrappers/bindings over the base.  I guess what I'm
saying is that my vote is for this property being wrapped.  I think writing engines in
C++ could be easier.  Ok, I'm done interjecting.

-Bryan


--- Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > From: Frank Naumann [mailto:fnaumann cs uni-magdeburg de] 
> > Hello!
> > 
> > > So far I don't see the point of reading it if you can't 
> > ever set it. So far
> > > our policy on style properties is that they are only for 
> > theme implementers
> > > so we don't want to confuse the API by wrapping useless 
> > stuff. As ever, we
> > > could be wrong, but someone has to explain why.
> > 
> > You self suggested some minutes ago to read out the default 
> > color and use
> > this as default.
> 
> I thought we were talking about a normal property. I don't see how you can
> "use it" if the property is read-only anyway.
> 
> > But I didn't see the point. It's readable in gtk+, why not 
> > also in gtkmm?
> 
> Because nobody is going to implement a GTK+ theme in gtkmm. If anybody wants
> to then we might think about it again.
> 
> > Your statement can be interpreted like this: We only wrap 
> > things in gtkmm
> > that we think that are useful (though I'm sure that's not 
> > your intention;
> > but the decision what things are useful and and what things are not
> > should be done in gtk+ and not gtkmm; I understand gtkmm as 
> > very powerful
> > C++ wrapper around gtk+).
> 
> See above.
> 
> Murray Cumming
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