Re: Patches to gtkwidget and gtkwindow for property support

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On 18 Feb 2001, Owen Taylor wrote:

> 
> John Margaglione <jmargaglione yahoo com> writes:
> 
> > Here are my changes to GtkWidget and GtkWindow.  I converted the args to
> > properties using g_type support.  Let me know if they are ok, and I will
> > continue with the other files. 
> 
> You'll need to redo that patch as a unified diff (diff -u). On the
> scale of patch formats:
> 
>   Unified: good
> 
>   Context: OK, but not what we use, and a bit harder to read
> 
>   Default: Unreadable, unuseable

urm, i'd rather put that as:

  Unified: good

  Default: OK, but not what we use, and a bit harder to read

  Context: Unreadable, unuseable

;)

> I don't know the details of how to use g_object_notify() - maybe
> Tim can write a summary. But the idea is that notification should
> always happen, so when properties change, especially not through
> the property interface ,you need to add calls to g_object_notfiy.

well, that is essentially it.
i wrote up a more elaborate example in
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2000-December/msg00237.html


> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
> 

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