Very annoying for new users when the hello world example doesn't work!
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Chris
From a3e26a9c641c5cb9f1187cfc37052d04b279aed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher O'Neill <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:37:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken code in examples
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doc/ug-gswg-hello-world.texi | 4 ++--
doc/ug-gswg-scripting.texi | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ug-gswg-hello-world.texi b/doc/ug-gswg-hello-world.texi
index f69a9fa..699fb8a 100644
--- a/doc/ug-gswg-hello-world.texi
+++ b/doc/ug-gswg-hello-world.texi
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ G-Golf:
#:application-id "org.example.GtkApplication")))
(connect app 'activate activate)
;; Run the application
- (run app 0 '()))
+ (run app '()))
@end lisp
Providing you successfully installed G-Golf, you may run the above code
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ re-evaluate the last expression:
(let ((app (make <gtk-application>
#:application-id "com.example.GtkApplication")))
(connect app 'activate activate)
- (run app 0 '()))
+ (run app '()))
@end lisp
Great! Now, the application was launched instantaneously. Since
diff --git a/doc/ug-gswg-scripting.texi b/doc/ug-gswg-scripting.texi
index 456f8fe..73df8f8 100644
--- a/doc/ug-gswg-scripting.texi
+++ b/doc/ug-gswg-scripting.texi
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ exec guile -e main -s "$0" "$@@"
(let ((app (make <gtk-application>
#:application-id "org.gtk.example")))
(connect app 'activate activate)
- (let ((status (run app 0 '())))
+ (let ((status (run app '())))
(exit status))))
@end lisp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ arguments. It is actually optional, but when used, they are passed to
the @code{main} (entry point) script procedure.
However, as you may have noticed, we do not pass those (if any) to the
-Gtk application, which we launch using @code{(run app 0 '())}.
+Gtk application, which we launch using @code{(run app '())}.
This is intentional: (a) we (want to) always use the same incantation to
invoke Guile - and sometimes. may quiclky hack something using
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