Re: Fwd: strange behaviour of hide()... or not ?

[Sever P A <gnu sever gmail com>]

Thanks a lot, Daniel,

> It's not the only way.  Calling hide() works just as you expect it to --
> that is, it triggers the hide signal to which Gtk::Main::run() connects
> a handler that in turn calls Gtk::Main::quit() to exit the main loop.
>
> The problem is simply that in your testcase, you are calling hide()
> before Gtk::Main::run(), so the signal handler is not even installed
> yet.  Also, the hide() at that point doesn't have any effect anyway
> because the window is not visible yet.
>
> The comments I added to your code point out where what happens.

Now, I understand it a little bit more...