[gtkada] Status

[Nicolas Setton]

Hello,

> I am new to GtkAda but I am quite used with gtkmm :
> http://slo-ist.fr/hilscher/netic-netic-test-tool
> 
> I am also new to Ada and learning it through my GMGPLed project "Ada for Automation" :
> http://slo-ist.fr/ada4autom
> 
> Of course, I would like to have some GUI for it using GtkAda.
> 
> I have sent an email which remains unanswered :
> http://lists.adacore.com/pipermail/gtkada/2013-June/004260.html
> 
> When learning Ada, a language designed with quality in mind, one expect the test / demo applications to just work out of the archive.
> So I am a little bit disappointed with my experience.
> 
> As I was saying in my previous email :
> The glade thing does show the buttons in the toolboxes only when the mouse flies over them, it is unusable.

We have fixed this in the development version. Stay tuned for future updates on <http://libre.adacore.com/tools/gtkada/>.

> The testcairo.exe works fine.
> The testgtk.exe does not do what it is intended to. Looking at it it seems that it uses deprecated stuff, like in "gtkbuilder_example.xml" :
> <interface>
>  <requires lib="gtk+" version="2.14"/>
> <!-- interface-naming-policy toplevel-contextual -->
>  <object class="GtkWindow" id="window1">
>    <signal name="destroy" handler="on_window1_destroy"/>
>    <signal name="delete_event" handler="on_window1_delete_event"/>
>    <child>
>      <object class="GtkVBox" id="vbox1">
> …

I don't understand the above.

> 
> When comparing what is here :
> http://docs.adacore.com/gtkada-docs/gtkada_rm/gtkada_rm/
> 
> with :
> file:///E:/GNAT/2013/GtkAda/share/doc/gtkada/gtkada_rm/index.html
> 
> I can see that the GtkExtra stuff is gone.
> I cannot find anything related in :
> file:///E:/GNAT/2013/GtkAda/share/doc/gtkada/gtkada_ug/index.html
> 
> Could someone tell what is the status of GtkExtra ? Is it work in progress or definitely dead ?

As far as I understand, GtkExtra has not yet been ported to Gtk3, so not much we can do for now.

> I am willing to help if I can. I could try to fix some little bugs if someone knowledgeable can drive my effort.
> 
> I am not complaining. If we want people new to Ada to enjoy it we have to iron out those nasty bugs and I want to help.
> 
> Thank you to let me know if there is another attempt to this and how we could work together.

We are definitely welcoming patches. A good place to start might be testgtk: feel free to give details on what you would like to contribute, and we can take it from there.

Best regards,

Nicolas