[gtk-server] Re: GTK Server ".cfg" File
- From: Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surveyor@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gtk-server@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:14:16 -0800
Thanks for the responses Peter.
I would really like to see the ability to add other GTK libraries to
the GTK server. That is the only thing holding me back from using it
as the front-end for my newLISP applications.
I'll see if I can't come up with something in newLisp that generates
the widget-creation-script for the GTK server from the Glade XML file.
The Sunburned Surveyor
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:16:33 +0100, Peter van Eerten
<administrator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Sunburned,
>
> Good questions. To answer one by one:
>
> (1) Currently this is not possible. The GTK-server will try to find a function
> in the GTK-libraries. The name of the library must be defined in the
> "gtk-server.cfg" file, with the setting "GTK_LIB_NAME". Right now, only 1
> GTK-library can be specified.
>
> Actually I think this is a nice option for the near future: opening additional
> GTK libraries. Then also non-standard GTK widgets can be used. I already ran
> into problems myself with the OpenGL extension to GTK:
>
> http://gtkglext.sourceforge.net/
>
> So right now, I cannot use these widgets (yet). But I will look into it.
>
> (2) Indeed I am the sole maintainer. But that is because I still did not
> setup a
> CVS tree. Feel free to contribute improvements or additions anyway, like many
> others already have done before. Note that the GTK-server is written using
> ANSI
> C (compiled with the -pedantic flag), and not C++.
>
> (3) This question was asked before. Indeed this would be nice - an XML
> compatibility with the GTK-server. Manually desiging the GUI is a tedious
> thing
> to do. Note that James Bailey already has done such a thing, using CLisp. You
> can find his interesting Lisp programs at
>
> http://dgym.homeunix.net/clisp-gtk2/
>
> Especially the file "gtk-glade.lisp" is a source of wisdom. According to James
> this program "...exports glade-parse, which takes an xmls representation of a
> glade save file, and generates all the widgets based on that information."
>
> A similar thing can be done with newLisp, I am sure. Maybe a nice challenge
> for
> you; it would be a major contribution to the newLisp community!
>
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
> Citeren Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surveyor@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Thanks for the answers Peter! I appreciate your assistance and this great
> > tool!
> >
> > I was able to find my .cfg file.
> >
> > I had a few more questions for you:
> >
> > (1) How would I go about adding access to a 3rd party or custom GTK
> > widget to the GTK Server. For example:
> > http://www.mozilla.org/unix/gtk-embedding.html
> >
> > (2) Are you the sole maintainer of the GTK-Server? I hope I can
> > contribute in the future, although I'm just beginning to learn C++.
> >
> > (3) Can you use Glade to assemble you GTK GUI and then call the
> > methods with newLISP via the GTK-Server? I am wondering if there is a
> > way to integrate Glade with the GTK-Server. I've managed to get Glade
> > installed on Windows, and it looks like a useful GUI Builder for GTK.
> > I hope I can use it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Landon
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:28:15 +0100, Peter van Eerten
> > <administrator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi Sunburned Surveyor,
> > >
> > > Welcome to the GTK-server mailinglist!
> > >
> > > With a default GTK-server installation on Windows, you will find the
> > > "gtk-server.exe" binary and the "gtk-server.cfg" file in the directory:
> > >
> > > c:\GTK-server\
> > >
> > > If you cannot see this configfile, maybe your Windows Explorer is hiding
> > files
> > > with a ".cfg" extension. If this is not the case, please download the
> > latest
> > > configfile from
> > >
> > > http://www.gtk-server.org/gtk-server.cfg
> > >
> > > ...and place it in the c:\GTK-server\ directory.
> > >
> > > So to answer your question: the gtk-server configfile is not created by
> > script,
> > > but it already comes with the installer. The programmer (that is you) is
> > free to
> > > add or adjust any GTK functions in this configfile.
> > >
> > > You also will find newLisp demo programs in the "\demo" subdirectory of
> > > the
> > > GTK-server installation. These demo programs use the extension ".lsp".
> > >
> > > Please let me know if you still experience problems with the
> > > gtk-server.cfg
> > > file.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > Citeren Sunburned Surveyor <sunburned.surveyor@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > >
> > > > The FAQ on the GTK - Server has the following section:
> > > >
> > > > " Q: I want to use other GTK functions than mentioned in your
> > > > configfile!
> > > > A: Please read my tutorial carefully, and consult the GTK site. They
> > > > have excellent documentation and tutorials. You can extend the
> > > > 'gtk-server.cfg' file yourself with the GTK functions you want to use!
> > > > "
> > > >
> > > > I checked the tutorial, which is unfortunately geared towards Linux
> > > > users and written with AWK, a scripting language that I am unfamiliar
> > > > with.
> > > >
> > > > It appears that the gtk-server.cfg file is created by the script that
> > > > will be using the GTK-Server. Is this correct? If it is correct, and I
> > > > do want to add an additional GTK function to my config file, do I need
> > > > to do it in the script calling the extra function? (I checked the
> > > > GTK-Server installation folder on my nard-drive and wasn't able to
> > > > find gth-server.cfg, so I'm guessing it is generated at runtime.)
> > > >
> > > > The manual does have a section that explains how to add the text
> > > > necessary to enable a GTK function, but I couldn't discern the answers
> > > > to the above questions.
> > > >
> > > > I have a Windows 2000 operating system, and I'm using the latest
> > > > version of GTK and the GTK-Server available on the GTK-Server website.
> > > > My scripting language is newLisp.
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to get a handle on how newLisp works with GTK server before
> > > > I get started with some GUI programming.
> > > >
> > > > I apologize in advance for my "windows-user" ignorance, and promise to
> > > > collect my notes on newLisp/GTK-Server programming so I can write some
> > > > better documentation for GTK-Server users that want to work with
> > > > GTK-Server and newLisp on a Windows environment.
> > > >
> > > > The Sunburned Surveyor
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.gtk-server.org
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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