Derek Simkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When creating a new object, what kind of initialization should
> take place in _new(), and what kind of initialization should take place in
> _init()?
>
init should create a valid object. _new() can do convenience things
based on the arguments to new().
> I was under the impression that the _new() function should do
> nothing more than
>
> GtkFoo*
> gtk_foo_new (void)
> {
> return GTK_FOO (gtk_type_new (gtk_foo_get_type ()));
> }
>
If _new() takes no arguments, this is always correct.
> But then I looked at (an admittedly old copy of) Havoc's
> FrootTkxtBuffer source. He does all of his initialization in _new(), and
> his _init() is blank.
>
The newer copies partially fix this, and there's a comment in there
about how to fully fix it.
> Is the _init() reserved for X resources (GdkFonts/GdkWindows etc.) or some
> such thing?
>
X resources should be created in _realize().
> Is the _init() function even called on GtkObjects which are not
> widgets? (Obviously, I assumed that they were.)
>
Yes.
Havoc
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