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| author | Juan Pablo Ugarte <juanpablougarte@gmail.com> | 2020-10-05 21:10:22 -0300 |
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| committer | Juan Pablo Ugarte <juanpablougarte@gmail.com> | 2020-10-05 21:10:22 -0300 |
| commit | 7ecce9ea239f98cf95990144435238d8541b28f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3abdbd1a1e757dc8836a9c85cb7635da046e5494 /doc | |
| parent | a5ac6a9a2a4b20eebefd7631508ed70aca185683 (diff) | |
| download | glade-7ecce9ea239f98cf95990144435238d8541b28f2.tar.gz | |
Docs: add doc about registering custom types at runtime.
Closes issue #360 "No examples in documentation on using custom catalogues with gtkBuilder"
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diff --git a/doc/catalogintro.sgml b/doc/catalogintro.sgml index 8abfce2c..13367ee7 100644 --- a/doc/catalogintro.sgml +++ b/doc/catalogintro.sgml @@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ enhance UI editing and workaround exceptions. </para> <para> +Keep in mind you need to take extra steps to ensure GtkBuilder can pick up your +new object types at runtime. Ussualy all you need is to link your executable +with your widget library assuming it has properly named get_type() functions. + +<![CDATA[GtkWindow -> gtk_window_get_type +GtkHBox -> gtk_hbox_get_type +GtkUIManager -> gtk_ui_manager_get_type +GWeatherLocation -> gweather_location_get_type]]> + +If not you can always register your widgets with the type system with g_type_ensure () + + </para> + + <para> The catalog file starts by specifying the name of the catalog and the plugin library to use, the following examples assume you have a namespace "Foo" and are integrating an object "Frobnicator": |