Re: Event Propagation problem

[lecas malecas <darkiiiiii gmail com>]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Kjell Ahlstedt
<kjell ahlstedt bredband net> wrote:
> 2012-01-16 21:23, lecas malecas skrev:
>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Kjell Ahlstedt
>> <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, it would be a good idea to update the Keyboard Events chapter.
>>>
>> Ok, I'll try to do that (should I reply to the same bug report of the
>> chapter?).
>
> You can either reopen the old keyboard event bug, or file a new bug report.
> I don't think it matters much which alterative you choose.
>

I replied to the old one ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661857 )

>>> I realize now that the example program keyboard_events/simple has an
>>> unfortunate mixture of overriding the default signal handler, and
>>> connecting
>>> an extra signal handler. Similar to what Carlos first did, after my
>>> incomplete description.
>>>
>> I just noticed that now, but it isn't how I had written. I think it
>> was changed in the commit.
>
> It happened when Murray made your code conform to the (undocumented, I
> think) design rules for the example programs in the tutorial. He changed the
> name of the signal handler, and then it became an overridden virtual
> function.
>

Ok, we probably should change it. It doesn't have to be what I had
called before.

>>> ExampleWindow in the program keyboard_events/propagation needs both an
>>> overridden default signal handler and an extra connected signal handler
>>> in
>>> order to show what's going on. (Perhaps even one connected signal handler
>>> that executes before the default handler, and another one after.)
>>>
>> Yes, I think I understand what you're saying. We can override the
>> on_key_release_event() (and write something to cout there), and then
>> call the Gtk::Window version (which will then work as is now).
>> And also have the one that is called before, so the messages would be:
>>
>> window before
>> window overridden
>> entry
>> grid
>> window
>>
>>> And of course some more explanation in the tutorial text, but not nearly
>>> as
>>> detailed as in this gtkmm-list thread.
>>>
>>> Kjell
>>>
>>> 2012-01-14 23:41, lecas malecas skrev:
>>>
>>>> hey, maybe we should update that chapter to mention this part..
>>>>
>