Re: [Vala] Accessing "base" property of Gtk.Style

["Clément DAVID" <c david86 gmail com>]

Hi,

 

if you look at the corresponding vapi file, you can see that the 'base' attribute has been renamed to '@base' in order to prevent this error *.

 

* It's just a quick answer I haven't test this.

 

2008/9/15, Federico Pelloni <federico pelloni gmail com>:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I just started learning Vala, trying to write a small utility with Gtk.
>
> I'm trying to set the background color of a Gtk.EventBox, to the
> default "base" color as specified by the choosen gtk theme, reading it
> from the window's style.
> I'm doing this:
>
> Gtk.EventBox container = new Gtk.EventBox();
> Gtk.Style style = this.get_style();
> container.modify_bg(Gtk.StateType.NORMAL, style.base[(int)
> Gtk.StateType.NORMAL]);
>
> But valac hangs with this error:
>
> /home/fredp/Progetti/ejecter-vala/src/ui.vala:63.57-63.60: error:
> syntax error, unexpected base
>
> I guess "base" is a reserved word (gedit highlights it).
> How can I workaround this?
>
> Thank you
>
> P.s.: do multiline strings (as in Python) exist in Vala?
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