Re: hide() show() make my program ends

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

Murray Cumming wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 07:15 -0500, Bob Caryl wrote:
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> > Murray Cumming wrote:
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> > > > There does not appear to be a way to do this trick (Gtk::MessageDialog 
> > > > visible, parent window invisible) so far as I can see.
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Why should that be possible? Surely transient means that it's not
> > > possible. If you don't want it to be transient then don't make it
> > > transient.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > What in the world does that comment mean?  What is the antecedent of the 
> > pronoun "it" in your last sentence? 
> >    
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> "it" is the MessageDialog.
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> > Frankly, I don't know why he wants to hide his main window when he 
> > displays an error message.  I can only assume he has his reasons.  So, 
> > if "Gtk::MessageDialog visible, parent window invisible" is indeed 
> > impossible, how about just saying so and leave it at that?
> >    
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> It means, don't use the constructor that takes a parent window
> reference, and/or don't use set_transient_for().
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>  
Thanks Murray...  I understand now.

Bob