Hi, Thanks, great advice! Using glade is an interesting idea I hadn't considered since this is for an embedded product. Anyone have experience using it on an embedded platform (TI dm355 in my case)? Will the overhead eat me alive? Paul
________________________________ From: Vallone, Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:05 PM To: Paul Stuart; gtk-list@gnome.org Subject: RE: Large GTK Application design tips Hi Paul, I led a very large government project using GTK+ and C++ with great success. I don't know of any docs on the subject, but here are the top three tips that I had to learn the hard way: 1. GTK+ is not thread safe, and the gdk_threads_enter/gdk_threads_leave calls don't always work. When worker threads need to do something to the GUI, just use g_idle_add(). 2. Glade together with libglade is a must. With your GUI layout defined in XML, its easy to make mass GUI changes via a script. It also simplifies testing, since you don't need to re-compile when trying out different layouts. 3. We created a C++ wrapper class hierarchy for each significant widget we use. The wrappers allow us to easily change the look and/or behavior of all of those widgets in our system (ex: all non-editable GtkEntries have a grey background, or custom search box below all GtkTreeViews). The wrappers are also useful when you discover GTK+ quirks that you need to work around (All GUI toolkits have them). -Anthony Vallone ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stuart Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:59 PM To: gtk-list@gnome.org Subject: Large GTK Application design tips Hi, I'm about to embark on designing a large application that will use GTK+. I was wondering if there are any resources out there that might have tips on architecture practices specific to GTk+, style guides, etc. I've written small apps, but I'm curious about how things scale up. Any pointers would be appreciated! Thanks, Paul
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