Re: GtkBuilder Public API - Last call

[Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan tamu edu>]

Yevgen Muntyan wrote:
> Matthias Clasen wrote:
>   
> > On 6/12/07, Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan tamu edu> wrote:
> >     
> > > Sorry for not being clear, I meant how widget names are used in rc
> > > files/strings. Gtk docs seem to imply that widget names have
> > > other uses, perhaps there are some, don't know.
> > >
> > >       
> > > > and how are they related to widgets constructed
> > > > by GtkBuilder?
> > > >         
> > > It was my question actually. "#GtkWidget implements this to map
> > > the buildable name to the widget name" - what does it mean? Does
> > > GtkBuilder call gtk_widget_set_name(widget, "name_from_xml_file")
> > > for constructed widgets? Or something else?
> > >       
> > It means that widgets only have one name, which can be get/set by either
> > the GtkWidget api or by the GtkBuildable api.
> >     
>
> Um, then gtk_widget_get/set_name is going to be deprecated?
> gtk_widget_set_name() sets widget->name member, and that structure
> member is used (in particular?) by themes, that's how it works.
> What does "name of GtkBuildable" mean?
>   

In any case, the question "Does GtkBuilder call
gtk_widget_set_name(widget, "name_from_xml_file")" still
stands. It can be important since it will break widgets which
set name in a constructor or before (some do, e.g. to modify
cursor color). And it can become actually important now,
since until glade-3 it was rather impossible to use fancy
non-stock widgets. Or, if other code relies on "widget
name" being name from xml, setting the name to modify
style will break that other code.

Yevgen