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[gtk-list] Re: signals...?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Main)
Fri Aug 8 01:39:34 1997
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:39:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ian Main <slow@intergate.bc.ca>
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Owen Taylor wrote:
>
> > both widgets show....i can draw pictures etc using image->mem.....
> > but one the drawingarea one registers signals.... :/
> >
> > what fundamental thing am I missing? :)
> > beginning to bother me since I cannot seem to gleen the answer from source
>
> This is beginning to become a bit of a FAQ. The problem is that image
> widgets don't have associated X windows, so they can't have receive
> events.
>
> (Maybe the heirarchy of classes in the tutorial should list which
> one's are GTK_NO_WINDOW, Ian?)
Yeah sure.. stupid Q.. how do I tell ? :-)
>
> The solution:
>
> Stick it in an EventBox. Of course, the eventbox widget isn't part
> of the standard distribution yet ...
>
> I've appended a new version of my EventBox widget below, with a
> suitable portion for the tutorial. (This version is presented as a
> patch to be included in the main distribution. It needs automake/autoconf
> or Makefile hackery to build ) It will be part of my GTK tree at:
>
> http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~otaylor/gtk-gimp/patches.html
>
> soon, but probably not tonight.
>
> Regards,
> Owen
>
> (Yes, I've made some arbitrary name changes here, sorry Hoek)
>
> (Ian - feel free to edit the following for your uses. I also have tutorial
> sections on my AspectFrame and Paned widgets, that I'll send along
> shortly.)
Woowoo! :) Thanks! :)
I'll put it in the tutorial with a disclamer mentioning the need for a new
patched version..
Ian
No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances.
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