Re: Signals versus methods in ATK

2015-07-01 Thread Luca Saiu
Hello Alejandro. On 2015-07-01 at 15:11, Alejandro Piñeiro wrote: > After re-reading my email, it is not exactly really well-structured. Don't worry, it was perfectly clear. I appreciate you taking the time to write such a thorough response. Regards, -- Luca Saiu HYPRA -- Progressons ensembl

Re: Signals versus methods in ATK

2015-07-01 Thread Alejandro Piñeiro
On 01/07/15 11:15, Luca Saiu wrote: > Hello. > > I see that many if not all ATK state-changing operations are captured by > *both* a method and a signal, conveying the same information by > parameters -- plus a generic user_data pointer for signals. Is not exactly the same information. Methods a

Signals versus methods in ATK

2015-07-01 Thread Luca Saiu
Hello. I see that many if not all ATK state-changing operations are captured by *both* a method and a signal, conveying the same information by parameters -- plus a generic user_data pointer for signals. A good example is the atk_text_set_caret_offset method versus the text-caret-moved signal in