Re: [Vala] Generated code, GTK signals and prefixes.

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 23:36:23 -0200, Carlos Eduardo da Fonseca wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> is there any way to connect signals from a GtkBuilder XML without writing
> the "Vala generated function name"?
>
> For example:
>
> namespace MyNamespace {
> class MyClass {
> static void my_handler(Widget widget) { ... }
>  }
>  }
>
> In my GtkBuilder XML I'll have to define:
>
> <signal name="clicked" handler="my_namespace_my_class_my_handler"/>
>
> Isn't any way to avoid this?

Why, yes. Write your own binder for use with Gtk.Builder.connect_signals_full
that understands Vala names and can mangle the names for you. It can also use
custom marshallers if you want to avoid having to specify the
[CCode(instance_pos = -1)] for non-static methods.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>