[ruby-gnome2-devel-en] reference to an object

[worthspending <wor...@gm...>]

I am trying to understand building an app using Glade and Ruby.  I have a
test app that has a top-level window with a fixed container.  The container
has three buttons on it.  I would like to know how to reference those
buttons in Ruby code to do simple things like disable or enable them using
the sensitive attribute.

During the app startup I am keeping a reference to the window object via a
builder using get_object

window = builder.get_object("my_window")

# the following code works and disables all of the buttons
window.children.first.children.each do |obj|
  obj.sensitive = false
end

However, I was looking for a way to reference the button object directly.

window.fixed_container.button_quit.sensitive = false

or at least something along those lines.  Do I have to use the builder
instance to get a reference to one of the buttons?  I'm looking for the
preferred way to accomplish this task.

Thanks!!