Re: xembed options for vim?

[Andy Spencer]

On 2010-07-02 03:33, Marc Weber wrote:
> Excerpts from Aljosa Mohorovic's message of Fri Jul 02 01:26:37 +0200 2010:
> > i think it's been discussed before but yes, i want a buffer/window/
> > anything inside vim that can render more advanced gui elements.
> > since gvim uses gtk is it possible to display other gtk elements
> > inside gvim window?
>
> If you hack gvim then yes.
> However I think you can't touch the main typing area easily because it
> basically is a terminal or such.

Agreed, if I remember correctly, even the GTK "tabs" aren't really tabs,
but more like buttons that tell the main vim window which "tab" it
should display.


On 2010-07-02 16:26, Aljosa Mohorovic wrote: 
> On Jul 1, 6:10?pm, Marc Weber <marco-owe...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > The other way should be easy: create a window and embed Vim and your
> > other X application.
>
> could you point me to an existing example?

This will work, and it's pretty easy to do, I've attached a simple
example using GtkSocket. What you won't be able to do is treat your GUI
as a "vim window", e.g.:

  +========================+
  | TITLE                  |
  +========================+
  |           |   YOUR     |
  | VIM       |      GUI   |
  |           |------------|
  |           |            |
  |-----------|  VIM       |
  |   VIM     |            |
  +========================+

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#include <gtk/gtk.h>

#define EXPR "'GoHello, World!<Esc><C-O>'"

void send_hello(GtkButton *btn, gint id)
{
	gchar *command = g_strdup_printf(
		"gvim --servername %d --remote-send " EXPR, id);
	g_spawn_command_line_async(command, NULL);
}

gint main(gint argc, gchar **argv)
{
	gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

	/* Create window */
	GtkWidget *win  = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
	GtkWidget *vbox = gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 0);
	GtkWidget *sock = gtk_socket_new();
	GtkWidget *btn  = gtk_button_new_with_label("Hello, World!");
	g_signal_connect(sock, "plug-removed", gtk_main_quit, NULL);
	g_signal_connect(sock, "plug-removed", gtk_main_quit, NULL);
	g_signal_connect(win,  "delete-event", gtk_main_quit, NULL);
	gtk_widget_set_size_request(sock, 200, 200);
	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), sock, TRUE,  TRUE, 0);
	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), btn,  FALSE, TRUE, 0);
	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(win), vbox);
	gtk_widget_show_all(win);

	/* Embed vim */
	GdkNativeWindow id = gtk_socket_get_id(GTK_SOCKET(sock));
	gchar *command = g_strdup_printf(
		"gvim --servername %d --socketid %d", id, id);
	g_spawn_command_line_async(command, NULL);
	g_signal_connect(btn, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(send_hello), (gpointer)id);

	/* Run */
	gtk_main();
	return 0;
}