Re: Easiest way to build Qt/Gtk interfaces for Ada programs

[Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>]

On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 09:07:38 +0100, ldries46 wrote:

> The biggest problem I have with Glade 3 is the complete lack of good
> tutorials or user guides for using the glade files with Ada.

Amen! There are tutorials that cover little parts of the problem but 
nothing about putting the components together to form a coherent 
application.

> The link to http://wiki.ada-dk.org/building_gui_with_glade_3 just
> presents a simple ada program which even lacks a simple extension is how
> to link a filechooser dialog or link a Gtk_Textview to my program. Are
> there such tutorials and where can I find them.
> I tried to create a filechooser to my program by only using code but I
> cannot find some explanation how to get the link to the parent.

Filechooser stumped me too for a couple of days.

As John Matthews says, there is a lot of good stuff in TestGTK, including 
a FileChooser button and a completely diffrent (and IMO ugly) style of 
file selection widget - but even then, they opened a window but didn't 
give a clue how to actually get a filename out of it!

I finally managed it to my satisfaction - still mean to write it (and 
others) up as a tutorial, but have another project on the go at the 
moment.

I also put together a little harness that lets me take any one component 
out of TestGTK and run it standalone, to see how it works in isolation 
until I can make it do my bidding. 

I keep meaning to put that up somewhere too...

- Brian