Re: automatically hiding after Gtk::Dialog::run()

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 13:44 -0500, Carl Nygard wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 18:35 +0100, Murray Cumming wrote:
> > After Gtk::Dialog::run() returns, you must explicitly call hide(),
> > instead of the dialog being hidden automatically. I think this is a bug.
> > 
> > Can anyone think of any problems that would be caused by fixing this
> > bug?
> > 
> 
> I don't know if this makes a difference, but Gtk2-perl requires the
> explicit hide() after run() as well.  At least the docs state the
> requirements clearly.
> 
> Perhaps add API: 
> 
> int Dialog::run_and_hide()
> {
>   int result = run();
>   hide();
>   return result;
> }
> 
> Usage:
> 
> Dialog better;
> int you = better->run_and_hide();  // cause I'm gonna git you sucka
> 
> 
> Ok, I admit it.  That was just an excuse for a joke.  But I still think
> it's better to add API than "fix" the bug.  What's the consensus in
> other bindings?

We would not be correcting a bug in GTK+. In GTK+ the dialog is
destroyed when the button is pressed, and therefore hidden.

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