[Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Benjamin Solis
Hi: A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala? lince2...@gmail.com Hola: Una consulta, ¿porque este nuevo y novedoso lenguaje de programacion de gnome se llama VALA...? lince2...@gmail.com ___ Vala-list mailing list

Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Hans Baier
2009/5/4 Benjamin Solis lince2...@gmail.com: Hi: A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala? http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9 ___ Vala-list mailing list Vala-list@gnome.org

Re: [Vala] Glade3, GtkBuilder and signal handlers

2009-05-04 Thread Frederik
Andre Osku Schmidt wrote: Hello, i'm a hobby coder having a lot of fun with vala and gtk (except treeview ;). and i'm now in the process off trying to create something useful with vala (more on that later). i was trying to adapt the GladeSample[0] to use Gtk.Builder (as i didn't found

Re: [Vala] Glade3, GtkBuilder and signal handlers

2009-05-04 Thread Frederik
Andre Osku Schmidt wrote: Hello, i'm a hobby coder having a lot of fun with vala and gtk (except treeview ;). and i'm now in the process off trying to create something useful with vala (more on that later). i was trying to adapt the GladeSample[0] to use Gtk.Builder (as i didn't found

[Vala] How to call base constructors

2009-05-04 Thread Adi Roiban
I'm trying to extend the Gtk.CheckMenuItem and unfortunately there are no set_label or set_mnemonic methods. I was thinking to call the base constructor, but instead of gtk_check_menu_item_new_with_label, vala generates gtk_check_menu_item_construct_with_label Do you know how can I call a base

Re: [Vala] Glade3, GtkBuilder and signal handlers

2009-05-04 Thread Frederik
Andre Osku Schmidt wrote: so it seems: FooBar is foo_bar_ and foo_bar is foo_bar_ but what happens with Foo_Bar ? ;P (yes, it seems to follow this logic, it's foo__bar_) Yes, but these are uncommon class names anyway. If unsure one can always look at the generated C code. and it seems i

Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread William Swanson
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Hans Baier hansfba...@googlemail.com wrote: A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala? http://live.gnome.org/Vala#head-76f9b12bb9c9258b22f6dd9ce2533481f9243cc9 I think Benjamin is asking Where does the name Vala come from?, not Why

Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Jamie McCracken
you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it sounds like java On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 13:57 -0700, William Swanson wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Hans Baier hansfba...@googlemail.com wrote: A query, why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

Re: [Vala] why this new and innovative programming language called Vala?

2009-05-04 Thread Diego Jacobi
Or an intentionally wrong written Bala, which means Bullet in spanish. That would put enfasis on speed, i think. Cheers. Diego 2009/5/5 David Zeuthen da...@fubar.dk: On Mon, 2009-05-04 at 18:30 -0400, Jamie McCracken wrote: you would have to ask juerg but I always thought it was because it