Re: [Gtk-osx-users] [gtk-osx-users] GTK osx apps and iconification

[John R. <jr...@ce...>]

> On Mar 9, 2017, at 4:09 AM, Gabriele Greco <gab...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> I've found that I have to add to my GTK+2 OSX apps the following code:
> 
> #ifdef __APPLE__
>     GtkosxApplication *theApp = (GtkosxApplication *)g_object_new(GTKOSX_TYPE_APPLICATION, NULL);
>     g_signal_connect(theApp, "NSApplicationWillTerminate", G_CALLBACK(g_main_quit), NULL);
>     gtkosx_application_ready(theApp);
> #endif
> 
> ... to respond correctly to an un-iconify OSX signal (click on the dock icon) or to the right click on icon "exit signal"
> 
> Is this necessary or, provided I don't need a menu, there are other crossplatform ways to avoid these problems?
> 

That looks correct to me. It's not a problem to have special code for different platforms: It's more of a fact of life in cross-platform programming with Gnome libraries. If that really bugs you, you can port your program to Qt, which AFAIK requires no special per-platform code.

I don't know of any other library that provides mac integration for Gtk2.

Regards,
John Ralls