Hi, dhaude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > what are the "properties" of GObjects, how are they used, and how > are they different from the things that can be stored/retrieved > via g_object_set/get_data() ? I've once tried, just for giggles, > > g_object_set(G_OBJECT(some_gtk_widget), "foo", "bar", NULL); > > and got a segfault. Does your object "some_gtk_widget" have a property named "foo" that takes a string value? If not, it is not surprising that the call fails. It's a bit surprising that it crashes; I'd have expected a warning. > Which brings me to the point, is anybody working on the > documentation of GObject at all? Of course I know this is all open > source stuff, written and maintained by volunteers, so I'm far from > complaining about lack of documentation. Just curious. Mathieu is doing a nice job on GObject documentaion. See http://www.le-hacker.org/papers/gobject/index.html Sven _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
