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mattn
Signal Connection Methods
I’m pretty new to GUI development, so string signals don’t seem to make much sense to me. I noticed that Buttons have a .Clicked (callback) method which simply connects a callback to the “clicked” signal. This is really nice because it shows up in the godoc documentation and because there is no chance of compiling in a misspelled signal name.
I propose creating such methods in all widgets for all signals they emit so users can get documentation quickly and reduce the possibility for errors. Furthermore, I propose using a naming convention like ConnectClicked () or SignalClicked () so all signal-connection methods are obvious (I think this would be more friendly to noobs like me and to GTK veterans who are used to string-signal names).
Are there any problems with this proposal? Pros/cons?
Sounds good to me. Unfortunately its not a lot of people hacking on go-gtk these days. Maybe you want to do it?
I can definitely contribute toward the effort. I don't know if I can tackle the whole thing myself though. On Feb 14, 2013 3:56 PM, "Dag Robøle" [email protected] wrote:
Sounds good to me. Unfortunately its not a lot of people hacking on go-gtk these days. Maybe you want to do it?
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