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jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

Required configuring --with-gtk=2.0 (since 2.0 uses a different configuration system re glib-config). I installed to a /tmp folder and tried it out.

goingnuts · Joined: 07 Dec 2008 Posts: 626

jpeps: Thanks for testing! Its puppy gktdialog2...

Geometry is supported - use "-g" - ex.:

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

gtkdialog geometry requires -G to run.

next:

amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 1759

You will no doubt find many, many things that do not work if trying it with recent gtkdialog(3) or gtkdialog(4) scripts. gtkdialog3 (thats from 0.7.0 to 0.7.20 adds a few widgets and subtly uses extra attributes which are not supported by this version. gtkdialog4 (thunor's work) adds widgets *by the dozens*. We will porbably never catch up with that, although we are planning to backport fetures adn fixes from the 0.7.x series, at least.

The point of this tool is to be able to use the same scripts with either the gtk1 or gtk2 toolkit -without needing to make any changes to the scripts. Probably only the earliest puppy gtkdialog scripts will work unchanged with this tool as it is now. As goingnuts said, see the included examples to see what should be working -there is lots of room for improvement in the examples and documents which we are working on.

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

gotcha....thanks

disciple · Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 17:12 Post subject:

goingnuts · Joined: 07 Dec 2008 Posts: 626

disciple: No - I am. I thought you meant the fileselect - thanks for pointing that out! I will look again - just haven't fully understood the purpose of gwhere (or did not find documentation that could enlighten me) Embarassed

disciple · Posted: Tue 27 Mar 2012, 17:38 Post subject:

Gwhere is basically for cataloging the contents of removable disks. Put a disk in and mount it then run Gwhere and use the "Management" tab to add the disk to the catalogue.

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3843

As we progress toward gtkdialog4, we should have a todo list for each unsupported tag and its associated properties. The previously mentioned <window title="..." etc...> can be fixed with a sed script to be <wtitle>...</wtitle>... Other tags could be added and ignored similar to amigo's comment tag ... In fact printf tag:property to stderr could be the default for unrecognized tags. Does someone have a list of unsupported tags/properties BTW?

@goingnuts - any thought on a swallow example that would turn rxvt into mrxvt+ using notebook tabs.

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 3843

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 2421

Something like FvwmTabs

http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages/unstable/FvwmTabs.php

goingnuts · Joined: 07 Dec 2008 Posts: 626

amigo · Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 1759

I'm sticking to some low-hanging fruit I see.

0.7.20 only implements 3 new tags as far as I can see. They are <separator>, <progressbar> and <window>
Just this morning I've back-ported the separator tag from 0.7.20. It's just for use as a menuitem though. So, I implemented an hseparator and vseparator which can be used between vbox/hbox/frame tags.
For the separator tag, I did it the 'cheap' way by 'downgrading' from the GTK2-only 'gtk_separator_menu_item_new' to the dual-use
'gtk_hseparator_new', although and ifdef could be used there to
preserve the original GTK2 call if it maes a difference.

We've talked about the progressbar before, and I agree it is low-priority. The <window> tag is a little more involved because of the attributes allowed. But it should be easy to back-port that too, rather than try to sed-out stuff rom later scripts.

I'm pretty sure there are other usage cases in modern gtkdiaog scripts which cause problems under gtk1 -similar to what was happening with the 'max-length' attribute when invoking an 'entry' widget -the gtk1 version of GtkEntry doesn't recognize the option.

Anyway, there are a few other things that can be backported, like the integration of the gtklauncher in to the main program. There are some items in the TODO list already -some GTK1 implementations are still incomplete...

goingnuts · Joined: 07 Dec 2008 Posts: 626

The 'max-length' in entry is supported in gtk1 - forgot to tell you...
Cool with the additions! Just tested some of the examples from 0.7.20: A great deal of the syntax is accepted by gtkdialog1 but might not be supported though.
How to coordinate? I have a few modifications lying around too and if we start making syntax from 0.7.20 acceptable (but maybe not responsive), we need to keep things updated...