On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 21:56 -0400, Bill Cunningham wrote: > So if I understand correctly, gnome and it's modular components that use > gtk are really just gtk apps. What is this IDL layer that gnome needs? Does > it help gnome communicate with gtk/gdk ? IDL usually helps a message dispatch broker to enable inter-process communication and remote procedure calls over a network. The IDL files tell Bonobo, for example, how to dispatch a call between one process (which may or may not be on the same machine) and another. I believe bonobo also allows gtk apps to be built out of discreet components. For example, app A could embed an object provided by app B in it's window (a gui example). This is my understanding. It gets a little complex when you start talking about out-of-process instantiation, etc. By the way, IDL stands for interface definitely language I think. it defines the expected parameters and return types a remote procedure call deals with. Gnome doesn't "communicate" with gtk/gdk. Gnome consists of libraries and components build out of gtk and glib. So a gnome app is a gtk app (but not necessarily vice versa). You're best bet to learn how it all fits together is to hit google hard. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
