Re: GtkAda question

[DrPi <314@drpi.fr>]

Le 14/04/2021 à 23:05, Dmitry A. Kazakov a écrit :
> On 2021-04-14 22:23, DrPi wrote:
>> Le 14/04/2021 à 08:11, Dmitry A. Kazakov a écrit :
> 
>>> Use Gtk tutorials and then translate that knowledge back to GtkAda, 
>>> it is more or less straightforward.
>>>
>> That's what I do. But there are things specific to GtkAda that are not 
>> always easy to find. For example, GtkAda makes use of Gint data types. 
>> You have to use Glib.To_Gint() function to do the conversion.
> 
> I never used it. But this is not GtkAda, this is GLib that uses GInt 
> where a non-existent in C Boolean type would be appropriate.
> 
>> You also have to use Glib.Convert.Locale_To_UTF8() function to be able 
>> to use Strings with non ASCII characters.
> 
> No, you don't and this is not GtkAda either. Normally you never need to 
> convert anything. You just assume everything UTF-8 and you are good.
> 
> When you use some specific encoding, you convert that to UTF-8 first. I 
> use Ada means for that rather than GLib.Convert, but not with GTK stuff. 
> GTK is already UTF-8.
> 
Ok.
I'll start a new thread on this subject.
Thanks.