[Glade-users] custom widget, gtkmm with glade support and custom properties?

[John Thornton]

That is the python way to create custom glade widgets for LinuxCNC, some
parts should be relevant enough to give you some hints.

John 

On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 08:29 -0800, PyZahl wrote:
> Hmm, thanks for the reply. But I am not sure how this python code is related
> to a custom glade widget with custom glade configurable properties. Ideally
> a gtkmm (C++ bindings) sample would be very appreciated or at least a kind
> of description how things go together.
> 
> Percy
> 
> 
> 
> John Thornton-3 wrote:
> > 
> > Might be some hints here even though it is for python...
> > 
> > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?GladeVCP_Custom_Widgets
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > On Mon, 2012-12-17 at 08:25 -0800, PyZahl wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> I have a question about creating custom widgets using gtkmm with glade
> >> support and additional properties hooked into them, 
> >> 
> >> I tried without success to find the clues I need in the documentations
> >> but
> >> do not get the picture how to use it in the right context. 
> >> 
> >> As of now I succeeded to create a custom derived widget and minimal
> >> support
> >> code creating a .so lib and a glade catalog with properties I need and
> >> it's
> >> all loading and showing fine in glade. Can set/change properties but it's
> >> missing the "do_child_set/get..." methods (get a warning) like this: 
> >> 
> >> (glade:3214):  GLib-GObject-WARNING **: g_object_set_property: object
> >> class
> >> `gtkmm__CustomObject_customwidget' has no property named
> >> `frobnicated-size' 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I need to know how the prototypes or definitions have to be defined in
> >> C++. 
> >> 
> >> However, I am lost with the next step to access/support the properties
> >> within my derived widget in C++. using gtkmm. See below what I have so
> >> far. 
> >> 
> >> See here for my testing code (I tried unsuccessfully to add the code of
> >> interest here): 
> >> https://sourceforge.net/p/gxsm/gxsm3/ci/71f858cad5fa74656f69c985fa16d8b3938be859/tree/app/
> >> 
> >> I appreciate any hints or a basic example how to get going from here. 
> >> thanks 
> >> -Percy 
> > 
> > 
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