Re: [Gtk-gnutella-devel] Re: GWebCache

[Richard E. <wyl...@us...>]

On Son, 2002-12-29 at 00:26, Jamie Jones wrote:
> > We really need an entry somewhere in the GUI where people can type in their
> > web cache URL, GTKG would verify the cache by pinging it (at the web
> > cache level), and then advertise that URL randomly as it runs.
> 
> > A volunteer to do that?  I'm swamped and won't do it before October 2003.
> 
> Hmmm, I'm quite familiar with the webcache stuff, so I'll volunteer if
> no-one else wants to do it.... Bit busy at the moment, so it won't be
> immediate, but it should be before next October :-)
> 
> Also, I've never done any GUI stuff before, so I'll need to familarise
> myself with the code first, and writing lines that fit in 80 columns (ARGGGGH!)

You don't actually need to code much gui stuff here. Just hook up a
property say PROP_MY_WEBCACHE which contains a string. You can also hook
that up with the gui easily (property_map in settings_gui.c). The main
problem will be in the logic in the core (pinging and advertising). The
gui part is really really simple if you make it a prop.

----ADD PROP
1) edit (gnet|gui)_props.ag
2) run "make properties"
----ADD GUI ELEMENT
3) add text-field/togglebutton/combobox/spinbutton to gui
   using glade
4) run "make glade_files"
----CONNECT PROP TO GUI ELEMENT
5) edit settings_gui.c (add entry to property map)
   optionally write custom change-callback
----ADD CORE LOGIC
6) optionally edit settings.c (add entry to property map)
   and add custom change-callback.
----USING IT
7) access the property using the appropriate get/set calls from
   gui_property.c or gnet_property.c
   -- or --
   simply access a global variable from gui_propety_priv.h or
   gnet_property_priv.h (should be avoided).

Richard

P.S.: to work with properties you need "autogen"