Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Gary Kline

On 01/28/2012 11:38 PM, schuster.bernh...@googlemail.com wrote:


Give gtk-demo binary a shot, it includes a multitude of minimal examples

Regards

Bernhard



Nada. but it compiles with my gcc string and works as it  is coded on  
debian linux; on my sub-laptop.  but ubuntu: nope.   i added gtk-demo 
and rebuilt.  typing


$ gtk-demo

pops up a rectangle with a bunch of items, but the GTK+ Code Demos lacks 
the menubar ...







Gary Kline schrieb am 29.01.12 02:51:

i am testing several tutorial examples to get the top menubar, but
after four tries, zip. there are no complaints from the compiler.
i can't figure this one out. anybody of the list have any ideas?

the site says it builds for linux, but the makefile blows up. my own
compile line does not blow up; the only thing missing is the menubar
with the lines

File Edit Help

missing. .

any ideas? can anybody who is running ubuntu 11.10 send me the
smallest gtk program possible with one menubar working?

i need to set up a slider to give a range of words/minute so that
people who may be hard-of-hearing or not necessary english speakers
will have an easier time understanding the computer

gary

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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Michael Torrie
On 01/29/2012 01:41 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
 Nada. but it compiles with my gcc string and works as it  is coded on  
 debian linux; on my sub-laptop.  but ubuntu: nope.   i added gtk-demo 
 and rebuilt.  typing
 
 $ gtk-demo
 
 pops up a rectangle with a bunch of items, but the GTK+ Code Demos lacks 
 the menubar ...

I think in Ubuntu's Unity desktop the menubar is grabbed out of the
window and placed at the top of the screen.  I could be wrong, though.
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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 02:05:51PM -0700, Michael Torrie wrote:
 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:05:51 -0700
 From: Michael Torrie torr...@gmail.com
 Subject: Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left
 To: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org
 
 On 01/29/2012 01:41 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
  Nada. but it compiles with my gcc string and works as it  is coded on  
  debian linux; on my sub-laptop.  but ubuntu: nope.   i added gtk-demo 
  and rebuilt.  typing
  
  $ gtk-demo
  
  pops up a rectangle with a bunch of items, but the GTK+ Code Demos lacks 
  the menubar ...
 
 I think in Ubuntu's Unity desktop the menubar is grabbed out of the
 window and placed at the top of the screen.  I could be wrong, though.

i've seen this  and don't like it; i'd rather have every
Konsole have its own menubar.  same with other GUI apps.




hmm.  i'm still not 100.0% certain of this, but here is what
i've learned: in my compile script is `pgk-config --cflags --libs 
gtk+-2.0` 
that follows the gcc [stuff].  at least for ubuntu linux, i
need the `gtk-config --cflags [etc]` 

according to what i can find on google, it looks as tho the
gtk-config command might only be available for the i386 ... 

i took a simp;le gtk C src along with my compile script and
scp'd them over to my netbook.  ran the script and exec'd
the binary.  it produced a gtk widget with the menubar and 
File  Help and twso buttons in the lower left.  

it may be hthat ubuntu is moving toward gtk-3.0   and
dropping the older releases.  {?}


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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread David Nečas
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 02:36:03PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
   i've seen this  and don't like it; i'd rather have every
   Konsole have its own menubar.  same with other GUI apps.

Me too but OS X does this.  Aparrently, it does not matter nowadays
whether something makes sense or not but only whether OS X does it...

Some methods how to disable it are described here:

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html

In short, get rid of it globally:

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

or disable it while running specific program:

UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= program args...

   at least for ubuntu linux, i
   need the `gtk-config --cflags [etc]` 

You definitely do NOT need gtk-config.  It was used in Gtk+ 1.x and has
been replaced with pkg-config.

   it may be hthat ubuntu is moving toward gtk-3.0   and
   dropping the older releases.  {?}

It should not be directly related to these issues although Gtk+ 3.x
indeed will bring new methods to do unexpected things to menus.

For me this all means classical application menubars are dead and I will
not use them in newly written programs at all.

Yeti

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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Jack

On 2012.01.29 17:36, Gary Kline wrote:
[snip...]

it may be hthat ubuntu is moving toward gtk-3.0   and
dropping the older releases.  {?}
Perhaps, but I can't imagine this has anything directly to do with  
Unity or missing menu items.  If, indeed, the problem is that Unity is  
stealing your menu bar, you can test by un-maximizing the app.  In my  
experience, once you do that, the app main window gets back its title  
bar and menu bar, as well as the expected window manager stuff in the  
upper right and left corners.

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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:14:11AM +0100, David Ne??as wrote:
 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:14:11 +0100
 From: David Ne??as y...@physics.muni.cz
 Subject: Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left
 To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org
 Cc: Michael Torrie torr...@gmail.com, gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org
 
 On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 02:36:03PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
  i've seen this  and don't like it; i'd rather have every
  Konsole have its own menubar.  same with other GUI apps.
 
 Me too but OS X does this.  Aparrently, it does not matter nowadays
 whether something makes sense or not but only whether OS X does it...
 
 Some methods how to disable it are described here:
 
 http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html
 
 In short, get rid of it globally:
 
 sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt
 
 or disable it while running specific program:
 
 UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= program args...
 
  at least for ubuntu linux, i
  need the `gtk-config --cflags [etc]` 
 
 You definitely do NOT need gtk-config.  It was used in Gtk+ 1.x and has
 been replaced with pkg-config.
 
  it may be hthat ubuntu is moving toward gtk-3.0   and
  dropping the older releases.  {?}
 
 It should not be directly related to these issues although Gtk+ 3.x
 indeed will bring new methods to do unexpected things to menus.
 
 For me this all means classical application menubars are dead and I will
 not use them in newly written programs at all.


Do you really mean that is your coming appa you will have no
File, Edit, Whatever, Help bars?  Or am i misunderstanding
the name of menubar?  i like at least File because it
usually gives a way of quitting the app?

gary

ps: more coming re above topics!


 
 Yeti
 

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Re: no File, Edit, Help strings in upper left

2012-01-29 Thread Michael Torrie
On 01/29/2012 06:33 PM, Gary Kline wrote:

   Do you really mean that is your coming appa you will have no
   File, Edit, Whatever, Help bars?  Or am i misunderstanding
   the name of menubar?  i like at least File because it
   usually gives a way of quitting the app?

What he means is that more and more apps are choosing other ways to
present the user with options.  Like context-sensitive toolbars.  Or
recently Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu demonstrated a system that you
could type or speak and it would search for commands in the app (really
a fancy way of searching a menu so menus are still relevant).

In my little app I shared with you I chose not to have a menubar because
it wouldn't have served any purpose.  The current feature set is
entirely reached via the UI in the main window.

To close an app you could set up a shortcut key, usually Ctrl-Q, or
sometimes Ctrl-W (window close) to terminate your app.  Or let someone
just hit the (X) button.  Either way, very few people probably use
File-Quit to quit.  I know I don't.  I use Ctrl-Q or Ctrl-W most of the
time.  Or close the window with the decoration.

Menus do have their place of course.
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