On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 23:41 +0000, Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > On 2011-02-21 at 21:57, Murray Cumming wrote: > > I'll leave the other points, as they've received a reply already. > > > 2. > > How should we use GOptionContext to parse command line arguments from > > argc/argv when using GtkApplication. Is this the ideal way, using the > > command-line signal? > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/totem/tree/src/totem.c#n187 > > It seems a little long-winded. > > Totem's usage is not entirely trivial: it requires argument parsing in > the local (i.e. the just executed) and remote (i.e. the currently > running) instances. > > simpler cases are: > > • you can just parse all arguments in the local instance, which means > using g_option_context_parse() prior to creating the G(tk)Application > instance; in this case, the command line arguments can be used to > parametrize the Application instance, e.g via GObject properties, > direct access to instance members, or even GApplication actions (as > soon as they get more functionality). > > • you can defer all command line parsing to the remote instance, by > passing the G_APPLICATION_HANDLES_COMMAND_LINE flag to the > constructor and by connecting to the ::command-line signal; and > example is in the Dictionary: > > > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-utils/tree/gnome-dictionary/src/gdict-app.c#n222 > > probably the latter case is a more direct map of what you'd have done > with libunique or the Bacon copy-and-paste API. > > in general, and if at all possible, I'd strongly advise to use the first > approach (local parsing), and keep an eye out as soon as the GAction API > gets more love and functionality.
Thanks for the suggestion, but why wouldn't you use the GApplication::local_command_line vfunc for local command-line parsing? http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/unstable/GApplication.html#GApplicationClass.local-command-line -- murr...@murrayc.com www.murrayc.com www.openismus.com _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
