Re: Finding JavaScript symbols from GObject Introspection bindings

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

hi;

GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD is not available in the introspection data
because it's a macro that evaluates to a complex expression, and
cannot be parsed by the introspection scanner.

we are going to add simple wrappers for gtk_clipboard_get() in GTK+
3.14, and those will be introspectable correctly. in theory, you could
use `Gdk.atom_intern('CLIPBOARD', true)`, but in practice the GdkAtom
type is also not introspectable because it's an opaque pointer.

as for the documentation: we are in the process of generating all API
references for all bindings based on introspection using the
introspection data. we recently had a hackfest in Berlin on this very
topic (amongst others) so you should be able to expect results and
announcements soon.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.


On 5 May 2014 07:44, Jon Kristensen <info jonkri com> wrote:
> Hello, everyone!
>
> I have one specific question, and one question of a more general nature.
>
> First, what are the JavaScript symbols I can use for selection in
> <https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.12/gtk3-Clipboards.html#gtk-clipboard-get>? I'm using GJS and is trying 
> to find the equivalent of GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD.
>
> On a more general level, I would like to know how I can go about finding
> out the names of these binding symbols generally. Is there perhaps some
> way that I can inspect the GI files? Is there some documentation laying
> around somewhere that I have failed to find?
>
> If not, is there a way that we could produce such an API documentation
> (perhaps annotated with the names of the functions in the underlying
> language), so that people unfamiliar with the bindings could find what
> they are looking for more easily?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Warm regards,
>
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