Re: MDI help

[Robert Parkhurst <raparkhurst tlu edu>]

I'm using Glade actually.  I was having problems with it and pictures. 
I feel really stupid knowing that the images couldn't be loaded because
of a path issue. :-/  I love glade now though!  I do have some other
"issues" to be resolved though...

I'm using RH 8.0...Not the one I want, but since I'm in the spring
semester, I'm locked into it until the summer.  Ideally I want to use
the gnomemm C++ bindings w/glade and all, but i've been pretty
unsuccessful doing that on redhat.  i'll probably try again later.  I
think i'm going to either switch to debian or gentoo (i'm running them
in VMware so i can get very familiar w/them first!).

If any of you ever get frustrated with me, just remember...I'm at a
windows-friendly (very windows-friendly) university and am the only one
openly running Linux.  There are others, but they're quiet about it and
don't offer help.  Fear not, I've begun to convert a few others to
Linux.  Anyway, Finding help at my university for this stuff is pretty
hard/rare so you guys are kinda my only guides to this whole thing. 
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

-Robert

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 22:36, Biswapesh Chattopadhyay wrote:
> 
> Why don't use simply use glade+libgalde and be done with it ? Trust me,
> it will save you considerable pain. If you have Anjuta installed, you
> can use the Project Wizard to generate a new libglade-2.0 project.
> 
> Also, install Devhelp and the GNOME books. You'll get nice
> context-sensitive help.
> 
> Another thing: Start with a GnomeApp widget - it comes with a lot of
> ready-to-use goodness.
> 
> Rgds,
> Biswa.
> 
> On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 08:06, gnome-devel-list-admin gnome org wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > First off, thanks for your help!!  It's nice to hear from other
> > developers that can help put me in the right direction.  To better help
> > you with this situation, I'll give you the readers digest of the
> > project...
> > 
> > Let me start with saying that I am a geek.  My girlfriends birthday is
> > coming up in March (March 16th) and I wanted to do something for her
> > that was truly unique.  For our 6th month aniv. she made me a memory
> > book and so I am wanting to do the same, but make the memory book a
> > GNOME application.  Each page would be a tab.  And then in the tab, it
> > would be a GnomeCanvas to allow for pictures and background color, etc.
> > 
> > I've got a book on GNOME programming that says MDI is good (although
> > it's for GNOME 1.x).  And I don't need to use the MDI widget(s), but I
> > do need to be able to simultaneously display a notebook widget (or
> > something similar) and a menu (and possibly toolbars).
> > 
> > Again, I am terribly new to GNOME programming.  I am using this project
> > as a way to be unique for her and also to "jump-start" me into GNOME
> > development (force me to learn and all).  ANY help you can offer would
> > be gold to me!
> > 
> > I've tried displaying a statusbar at the bottom and menu bar at the top,
> > but when I go to display the notebook widget, it never gets displayed?
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Anyway, I hope this info helps out for now.  I don't want to make this
> > email too long!  Thanks again guys!
> > 
> > -Robert
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 09:55, John Palmieri wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't think he realy means MDI but more like a tabbed interface like
> > > gEdit or Galeon.  Reading the HIG is a good idea none the less.  As for
> > > the problem are you using Glade or doing this by hand? In Glade you can
> > > set a window's default width and height.  If you are doing it by hand
> > > there should be an accociated property for this.  Look at the docs for
> > > GtkWindow on gtk.org.
> > >
> > > --
> > > J5
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 10:36, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 08:49, Robert Parkhurst wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am new to GNOME development and am having a hard time with MDI's.
> > I
> > > > > need to create an application that has multiple tabs.  So far it's
> > > > > working so-so, but my window always comes up and is just as big as my
> > > > > menu is.  I'm creating a MDI window application.  How can I make my
> > > > > window a certain size (say, 600x400) on initial start up?
> > > >
> > > > So far as I recall, MDI is a big no-no in GNOME, and with good reason -
> > > > read the GNOME HIG (something you should always be familiar with
> > > > anyways, if you're doing GNOME application development).
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -Robert
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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