Re: [Gtk2hs-users] Handling arbitrary signals

[Axel S. <Axe...@en...>]

On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 09:56 +0100, Axel Simon wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 15:28 -0200, Mauricio wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I would like to handle a signal that is not
> > exposed by gtk2hs ('selection-changed', from
> > FileChooser. 'onSelectionChanged' is commented
> > out in gtk2hs source code). Is it possible to
> > connect to an arbitrary signal, using its
> > name like I think is done in C code?
> 
> 
> I think it should be. You just have to import some modules (such as
> Signal and Types) that are not exposed through Gtk.

Well, yes, Peter is right. If you need to connect to a signal with a
type signature that is not used anywhere else in Gtk2Hs, then the
corresponding connect_FOO function won't be in Signal and things are
much more difficult. But that shouldn't be the case here.

Axel.