On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:25:00AM +1100, James Steward wrote: > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:25:00 +1100 > From: James Steward <jamesstew...@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: misc and a question... > To: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > > On 29/12/11 11:05, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > ... due to people on this list who have been patient and > >'splained things ... and who have NOT said: 'go read the man page' > >--well, nutshell, in ~ 3 weeks, i'm starting to see how gtk works. > > > >i just learned that TRUE == 1 and not 0. i haven't used the access() > >call in awhile. i am trying to catch catch errors before they crop > >up. > > > >the way i see my application being used, there won't be any xterms > >or konsoles open to print a stderr or stdout. So: is there a way in > >gtk to have a message dialog open that prints warning or whatever to > >the new user? > > #define eprintf(...) do { \ > GtkWidget *dialog; \ > dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new ((GtkWindow *)window, \ > GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT, \ > GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, \ > GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE, \ > __VA_ARGS__); \ > gtk_dialog_set_default_response(GTK_DIALOG (dialog), > GTK_RESPONSE_CLOSE); \ > gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog)); \ > gtk_widget_destroy (dialog); \ > } while (0) > > -- > JS. > _______________________________________________
outstanding. thanks much gary > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list