Re: [Vala] Vala port of gtk-sharp-ribbon

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> Done:
> http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/libgeetk/trunk/

Great!

> Now, if someone could add proper waf/autoconf/whatever toolking that
> would be great, otherwise I will do it during the week, but I can't
> promise anything. In the meantime, Makefiles would be enough if latest
> vala is installed right?

I'd prefer waf as a more progressive build system than GNU auto'hell',
since the Vala concept is all about making life easier, but on the
other hand GNU autotools are tried and proven and the standard for
GNOME.

> Juerg, it would be really nice to have the fixes on the Gtk bindings
> upstream and released so that these widgets works out of the box ;-)

I'll post a patch on bugzilla soon, since I have also collected some
other vapi changes.
But the Gtk.Container.forall() issue currently can't get solved by an
entry in 'gtk+-2.0.metadata' - only by editing 'gtk+-2.0.vapi' directly.

> Frederik, get an account fast

I'm on the way.

> you're doing an outstanding job,

Thanks

> we have to keep those widgets in shape as a way to show people how easy
> it is to 1) Write widgets in Vala, and 2) Port code from C#.

In my experience the main issues with writing widgets in Vala are

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543872  and
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538901

> I'll do a blog post as soon as I get them building.

I'm looking forward to that.


Regards,

Frederik