Re: Gtk::Application instance quits after calling run(argc, argv)

[Kjell Ahlstedt <kjell ahlstedt bredband net>]

Den 2014-09-23 08:56, Ritesh Khadgaray skrev:

Hi
On 23 Sep 2014 12:21, "Szőke Szabolcs" <szabolcsx95 gmail com> wrote:
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> Hi list. I'm using Ubuntu Linux. I'm working on an application which interacts with the indicator pane. I used the Gtk::Main object register and process the events of my application but recently I discovered that is deprecated and Gtk::Application should be used instead that so I wanted to update my code. I init my Gtk::Application instance with Gtk::Application::create("org.my_application.indicator") function call. Then I call the application object's run method with the program argument count and argument vector as parameters. Note that I don't have any windows. My code worked with Gtk::Main, but I can't figure out why isn't working now. There are some extra steps that I've missed?
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You could hold a reference. Check the gtkmm documentation for console/service applications.

Cheers

Here's a small program with Gtk::Application, but without a window:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gtkmm-documentation/tree/examples/book/input/main.cc

To keep it alive, call app->hold() before app->run().
To stop it, call either app->quit() or app->release().
Gtk::Application inherits those methods from its base class Gio::Application.

Kjell