Re: (proposal for) source code generator

[Grischa Jacobs <grischa bitclown de>]

Amadeus W.M. wrote:
<...>
> > > Would this be feasible? Any xml experts willing to try this?
>
>
> Because the real main window comes out of refXml as a Gtk::Window *. That 
> (and not MainWindowGUI) is the window that contains all the widgets and 
> with all the properties you defined in glade. You don't have to pack the 
> child widgets, nor to set properties of the window in your code (like 
> glade-- does). I guess libglademm does that behind the scene when parsing 
> the .glade file. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. At least the code I 
> posted shows you don't have to pack the child widgets. 
>
> Of course, you can derive MainWindowGUI from Gtk::Window, but it's not 
> going to be the main window. To use the main window you still need to get 
> it via refXml.

Just a proof of concept - test.xslt can be used together with a 
glade-file to generate the skeleton code. Might even compile...

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#include "simple.h"

#include <libglademm/xml.h>

#include <gtkmm/main.h>
#include <gtkmm/window.h>

#include <cstdlib>


int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
#if defined(ENABLE_NLS)
	bindtextdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE, PACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR);
	bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");
	textdomain (GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
#endif //ENABLE_NLS

	Gtk::Main m(argc, argv);

	Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml> interface = Gnome::Glade::Xml::create("simple.glade");

	MainWindow * window;

	interface->get_widget_derived("MainWindow", window);

	if( window )
	{
		m.run(*window);
	}

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Attachment: simple.glade
Description: application/glade

#ifndef __XSLT_GLADE_CODE_H__
#define __XSLT_GLADE_CODE_H__

#include <libglademm/xml.h>

#include <gtkmm/box.h>
#include <gtkmm/button.h>
#include <gtkmm/fixed.h>
#include <gtkmm/menu.h>
#include <gtkmm/menubar.h>
#include <gtkmm/statusbar.h>
#include <gtkmm/window.h>



class MainWindow : public Gtk::Window
{
public:
	/// Constructor
	MainWindow(BaseObjectType * cobject, const Glib::RefPtr <Gnome::Glade::Xml> & ref_glade) : Gtk::Window(cobject)
	{ 
		m_vbox1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::VBox*>(ref_glade->get_widget("vbox1")); 
		m_menubar1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::MenuBar*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menubar1")); 
		m_menuitem1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::MenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menuitem1")); 
		m_menu1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Menu*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menu1")); 
		m_imagemenuitem1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem1")); 
		m_imagemenuitem2 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem2")); 
		m_imagemenuitem3 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem3")); 
		m_imagemenuitem4 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem4")); 
		m_separatormenuitem1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::SeparatorMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("separatormenuitem1")); 
		m_imagemenuitem5 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem5")); 
		m_menuitem2 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::MenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menuitem2")); 
		m_menu2 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Menu*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menu2")); 
		m_imagemenuitem6 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem6")); 
		m_imagemenuitem7 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem7")); 
		m_imagemenuitem8 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem8")); 
		m_imagemenuitem9 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem9")); 
		m_menuitem3 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::MenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menuitem3")); 
		m_menuitem4 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::MenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menuitem4")); 
		m_menu3 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Menu*>(ref_glade->get_widget("menu3")); 
		m_imagemenuitem10 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::ImageMenuItem*>(ref_glade->get_widget("imagemenuitem10")); 
		m_fixed1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Fixed*>(ref_glade->get_widget("fixed1")); 
		m_TestButton = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Button*>(ref_glade->get_widget("TestButton")); 
		m_statusbar1 = dynamic_cast<Gtk::Statusbar*>(ref_glade->get_widget("statusbar1")); 
	}

protected:
	Gtk::VBox * m_vbox1;
	Gtk::MenuBar * m_menubar1;
	Gtk::MenuItem * m_menuitem1;
	Gtk::Menu * m_menu1;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem1;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem2;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem3;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem4;
	Gtk::SeparatorMenuItem * m_separatormenuitem1;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem5;
	Gtk::MenuItem * m_menuitem2;
	Gtk::Menu * m_menu2;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem6;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem7;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem8;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem9;
	Gtk::MenuItem * m_menuitem3;
	Gtk::MenuItem * m_menuitem4;
	Gtk::Menu * m_menu3;
	Gtk::ImageMenuItem * m_imagemenuitem10;
	Gtk::Fixed * m_fixed1;
	Gtk::Button * m_TestButton;
	Gtk::Statusbar * m_statusbar1;
	
};



#endif // __XSLT_GLADE_CODE_H__

Attachment: test.xslt
Description: application/xml