Re: glib and relative file names

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Munro
Yeah I solved this, the problem was the programs current directory which I have now fixed. Thanks anyway. On 16 October 2011 14:52, Ardhan Madras wrote: > > I have tried making the argument and > > converting it to an absolute path by getting the output of > g_get_current_dir > > () which I unde

Re: glib and relative file names

2011-10-16 Thread Ardhan Madras
> I have tried making the argument and > converting it to an absolute path by getting the output of g_get_current_dir > () which I understand to return the current working directory but it > only returns the name of my home directory, which is unusual Why did you manage to build the file path wit

Semi-Transparent Window-Background with Gtk(mm) and Cairo

2011-10-16 Thread Patrick Bichler
Hi! I am trying to get a semi-transparent (not fully transparent and not fully white/grey/etc) window background using this as a structure: # Gtk::Window -> Gtk::Fixed -> several buttons what i am doing atm is setting the app_paintable ( window->set_app_paintable(true); ) fl

Keybindings

2011-10-16 Thread Neil Munro
Hi all I want to simply press a keybinding and run a function that shows hidden widgets is this possible and if so, how? It strikes me as something not too difficult, but I am a self taught C programmer so I may simply not know what such a thing would be called. I have already used an accele