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

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