On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:05:43PM +0100, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> static void callback( GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data ){
> g_print ("Hello again - %s was pressed\n", (gchar *) data);
> }
>
> why do they put () around gchar ?
In C, it's called a cast.
> why can it not be gchar *data ?
Because that would be invalid C, a syntax error.
> What does %s do ?
It's a format specifier, it gets replaced with the string data
points to.
See 'man printf' for details.
> Are gpointer and gchar global variables of gtk ?
> Are gpointer and gchar data types or objects ?
They're basic types of GLib. See
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Basic-Types.html
> What does gpointer and gchar represent ?
Well, gpointer represents a generic pointer and gchar represents a
character corresponding to the standard C char type.
I suggest that you get a good book on C programming so that you get
at first familiar with the language before you start programming with
GTK. Beginner questions for C are a bit off topic on this ML, I think.
HTH
--
Claudio
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