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[gtk-list] Re: GTK eval: internationalization and drag/drop
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Linsley)
Tue Oct 27 01:41:12 1998
To: gtk-list@redhat.com
From: Peter Linsley <plinsley@jp.oracle.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:20:55 JST."
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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:30:51 +0900
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Hello,
> > I am evaluating GTK for use in an upcoming project.
> > I have two questions that I could not find answers to
> > in the FAQ or archives:
> >
> > 1. Does GTK support international character display
> > and input? For example, can the GTK text field
> > accept multibyte Kanji input? Can resource files
> > use multibyte strings?
>
> yes, but not 100% yet. We're following this pretty closely here at
> Pacific HiTech, since we do a lot of Japanese stuff.
There are a couple of patches out for wide character support which
seem to work well. I am currently writing a small app which uses
EUC in text widgets, lists, trees and all as input and output.
> >
> > 2. Does GTK provide an API for drag and drop? For
> > example could I drag a button from one container
> > to another?
>
> there is a DnD API but I'll be hornswaggled if I can find any examples or
> documentation on how to use it. Anyone have any pointers/example code for
> me/us ?
Take a look at gtk+-1.x.x/gtk/testgtk.c in the source tree, it has a
comprehensive demo on DnD.
Pete
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