[gtkada] TestGtk on Win NT 4, SP6

[Arnaud Charlet]

> For example, the Gtk Demo / Layout screen looks very ugly.  The scroll
> bars work very strangely.  Moving the vertical scroll bar down about
> 20% or so from the top doesn't do anything, but moving it down much 
> more puts a distorted checkerboard pattern in the main part of the
> screen, like what shows up in the scrolling demo later on. 

Sounds like a refreshing problem that can easily be avoided if needed.

> The Gtk Demo / Packer runs off the bottom of my screen. The buttons 
> labeled 'Left', 'Right', and 'Bottom' are visible just above the lower 
> edge of the screen, but their captions don't fit within the buttons 
> and are badly clipped.
> 
> Similarly, I can't see the bottom of the Gtk Demo / Panes screen.

I couldn't reproduce any of your problems.

Gtk has been designed to handle the kind of problem you are referring to,
assuming that you use the right containers of course ;-)

So unless you are getting the same kind of problem in your application, I
don't think there is a real problem here. Of course fixing testgtk would
certainly be valuable, and could even be a good exercise for you ;-)

> The Gtk Demo / Basic Widgets / List screen has the word 'List' in the 
> upper left corner, but doesn't show anything that looks like a list.

Click on the Help button if you are lost. The list demo works fine as far as
I can see.

> Does it work any better on other OS's?  Is it supposed to work
> on Windows?  

It should work correctly.

> I'd be very appreciative if someone can explain how GtkAda will deal
> with this, if at all.  It could still be a valuable package in many
> instances without handling large fonts, but for my work it is required
> to be usable with large or small fonts and screen size from 640x480 up
> to 1024x768 under Windows. 

If you are developping serious applications, I'd suggest that you get
support for GtkAda. This way you will get help on how to use GtkAda properly,
and you will also get fixes if/when you need them.
To get some info about GtkAda Professional, contact sales at act-europe.fr

Cheers,

Arno