Re: [java-gnome-hackers] GtkApplication to replace LibUnique

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 15:35 +1000, Andrew Cowie wrote:

> Can we make another one that shadows the one in [org.gnome.glib]
> Application?

Done.

> Initialization
> --------------
> 
> So this is an interesting question. The documentation for
> gtk_application_new() says it calls gtk_init() for you. Hm. Translated,
> that implies that {java-gnome-}developers should not be calling
> Gtk.init() anymore, which of course is **absolutely obligatory** at the
> moment because it causes all the C side JNI setup to be done.
> 

The docs for gtk_application_new() allow that it's ok that gtk_init()
would have been called already. We'll need to refine this, but we can
get away with it for now.


> I've done some minor documentation changes and cleanup; if you could
> merge from 'hackers/andrew/application' that would be good.

Pushed to 

bzr://research.operationaldynamics.com/bzr/java-gnome/hackers/andrew/application/

Further, I've taken a stab at porting Slashtime to use this
GtkApplication coverage. If you want to test it, see

bzr://research.operationaldynamics.com/bzr/slashtime/application


Comments?

AfC
Sydney