Gtk::Main Class Reference

Main application class. More...

#include <gtkmm/main.h>

Inherits sigc::trackable.

Public Member Functions
	Main (int & argc, char **& argv, Glib::OptionContext & option_context)
	Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters parsed by GTK+ or your option_context. More...
	Main (int * argc, char *** argv, bool set_locale=true)
	Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters known to GTK+. More...
	Main (int & argc, char **& argv, bool set_locale=true)
	Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters known to GTK+. More...
	Main (bool set_locale=true)
	Initialization without command-line arguments. More...
virtual	~Main ()

Static Public Member Functions
static Gtk::Main *	instance ()
	Access to the one global instance of Gtk::Main. More...
static void	run ()
	Start the event loop. More...
static void	run (Window & window)
	Returns from the main loop when the window is closed. More...
static void	quit ()
	Makes the innermost invocation of the main loop return when it regains control. More...
static guint	level ()
static void	add_gtk_option_group (Glib::OptionContext & option_context, bool open_default_display=true)
	Add a Glib::OptionGroup, for the commandline arguments recognized by GTK+ and GDK, to a Glib::OptionContext, so that these commandline arguments will be processed in addition to the existing commandline arguments specified by the Glib::OptionContext. More...
static bool	iteration (bool blocking=true)
	Runs a single iteration of the main loop. More...
static bool	events_pending ()
	Checks if any events are pending. More...
static KeySnooperSig &	signal_key_snooper ()
	KeySnooper signal Allows you to channel keypresses to a signal handler without registering with the widget. More...
static void	init_gtkmm_internals ()
	Initialize the table of wrap_new functions. More...

Protected Member Functions
void	init (int * argc, char *** argv, bool set_locale)
virtual void	run_impl ()
virtual void	quit_impl ()
virtual guint	level_impl ()
virtual bool	iteration_impl (bool blocking)
virtual bool	events_pending_impl ()
virtual void	on_window_hide ()

Static Protected Attributes
static KeySnooperSig	signal_key_snooper_

Detailed Description

Main application class.

Every application must have one of these objects. It may not be global and must be the first gtkmm object created. It is a singleton so declaring more than one will simply access the first created.

You would normally use this class in your main() function to initialize gtkmm and optionally to give argc and argv to the GTK+ initialization. After calling Gtk::Main::run(), you may use Gtk::Main::quit() to exit from the application, or just pass your main window to run(), to make run() return when that window closes.

A minimal gtkmm application would be something like this:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);
  ... create some widgets and windows...
  kit.run(window);
}

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Main() [1/4]

Gtk::Main::Main	(	int &	argc,
		char **&	argv,
		Glib::OptionContext &	option_context
	)

Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters parsed by GTK+ or your option_context.

Add a Glib::OptionGroup to the Glib::OptionContext to parse your own command-line arguments.

Note: The argument strings themself won't be modified, although the pointers to them might change. This makes it possible to create your own argv of string literals, which have the type 'const char[]' in standard C++. (You might need to use const_cast<>, though.)

This function automatically generates nicely formatted –help output. Note that your program will be terminated after writing out the help output.

Parameters

argc	a reference to the number of command line arguments.
argv	a reference to the array of command line arguments.
option_context	A Glib::OptionContext containing Glib::OptionGroups which described the command-line arguments taken by your program.

Exceptions

Glib::OptionError

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

Main() [2/4]

Gtk::Main::Main	(	int *	argc,
		char ***	argv,
		bool	set_locale = true
	)

Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters known to GTK+.

Your application may then handle the remaining arguments.

Note: The argument strings themself won't be modified, although the pointers to them might change. This makes it possible to create your own argv of string literals, which have the type 'const char[]' in standard C++. (You might need to use const_cast<>, though.)

Parameters

argc	a pointer to the number of command line arguments.
argv	a pointer to the array of command line arguments.
set_locale	Passing false prevents GTK+ from automatically calling setlocale(LC_ALL, ""). You would want to pass false if you wanted to set the locale for your program to something other than the user's locale, or if you wanted to set different values for different locale categories.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

Main() [3/4]

Gtk::Main::Main	(	int &	argc,
		char **&	argv,
		bool	set_locale = true
	)

Scans the argument vector, and strips off all parameters known to GTK+.

Your application may then handle the remaining arguments.

Parameters

argc	a reference to the number of command line arguments.
argv	a reference to the array of command line arguments.
set_locale	Passing false prevents GTK+ from automatically calling setlocale(LC_ALL, ""). You would want to pass false if you wanted to set the locale for your program to something other than the user's locale, or if you wanted to set different values for different locale categories.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

Main() [4/4]

Gtk::Main::Main ( bool  set_locale = true )

explicit

Initialization without command-line arguments.

Parameters

set_locale

Passing false prevents GTK+ from automatically calling setlocale(LC_ALL, ""). You would want to pass false if you wanted to set the locale for your program to something other than the user's locale, or if you wanted to set different values for different locale categories.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

~Main()

virtual Gtk::Main::~Main ( )

virtual

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

Member Function Documentation

add_gtk_option_group()

static void Gtk::Main::add_gtk_option_group ( Glib::OptionContext &  option_context, bool  open_default_display = true  )

static

Add a Glib::OptionGroup, for the commandline arguments recognized by GTK+ and GDK, to a Glib::OptionContext, so that these commandline arguments will be processed in addition to the existing commandline arguments specified by the Glib::OptionContext.

You do not need to use this method if you pass your Glib::OptionContext to the Main constructor, because it adds the gtk option group automatically.

Parameters

option_context	Option Context to which the group will be added.
open_default_display	Whether to open the default display when parsing the commandline arguments.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

events_pending()

static bool Gtk::Main::events_pending ( )

static

Checks if any events are pending.

This can be used to update the GUI and invoke timeouts etc. while doing some time intensive computation.

Example: Updating the GUI during a long computation.

// computation going on
while( Gtk::Main::events_pending() )
  Gtk::Main::iteration();
 
// computation continued

Returns

true if any events are pending, false otherwise.

events_pending_impl()

virtual bool Gtk::Main::events_pending_impl ( )

protectedvirtual

init()

void Gtk::Main::init ( int *  argc, char ***  argv, bool  set_locale  )

protected

init_gtkmm_internals()

static void Gtk::Main::init_gtkmm_internals ( )

static

Initialize the table of wrap_new functions.

This doesn't need an instance of Gtk::Main. This would usually only be used by the init() methods of libraries that depend on gtkmm.

instance()

static Gtk::Main * Gtk::Main::instance ( )

static

Access to the one global instance of Gtk::Main.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

iteration()

static bool Gtk::Main::iteration ( bool  blocking = true )

static

Runs a single iteration of the main loop.

If no events are waiting to be processed GTK+ will block until the next event is noticed. If you don't want to block then pass false for blocking or check if any events are pending with pending() first.

Parameters

blocking

Whether the caller must wait until the next event is noticed, or return immediately if there are no events.

Returns

true if quit() has been called for the innermost main loop.

iteration_impl()

virtual bool Gtk::Main::iteration_impl ( bool  blocking )

protectedvirtual

level()

static guint Gtk::Main::level ( )

static

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

level_impl()

virtual guint Gtk::Main::level_impl ( )

protectedvirtual

on_window_hide()

virtual void Gtk::Main::on_window_hide ( )

protectedvirtual

quit()

static void Gtk::Main::quit ( )

static

Makes the innermost invocation of the main loop return when it regains control.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

quit_impl()

virtual void Gtk::Main::quit_impl ( )

protectedvirtual

run() [1/2]

static void Gtk::Main::run ( )

static

Start the event loop.

This begins the event loop which handles events. No events propagate until this has been called. It may be called recursively to popup dialogs

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

run() [2/2]

static void Gtk::Main::run ( Window &  window )

static

Returns from the main loop when the window is closed.

When using this override, you should not use Gtk::Main::quit() to close the application, but just call hide() on your Window class.

Parameters

window

The window to show. This method will return when the window is hidden.

Deprecated:

Use Gtk::Application instead.

run_impl()

virtual void Gtk::Main::run_impl ( )

protectedvirtual

signal_key_snooper()

static KeySnooperSig & Gtk::Main::signal_key_snooper ( )

static

KeySnooper signal Allows you to channel keypresses to a signal handler without registering with the widget.

Returns

KeySnooperSig A Signal to which you can connect a sigc::slot< int, Widget *, GdkEventKey * >

It is the responsibility of the snooper to pass the keypress to the widget, however, care must be taken that the keypress is not passed twice.

Deprecated:

Key snooping should not be done. Events should be handled by widgets.

Member Data Documentation

signal_key_snooper_

KeySnooperSig Gtk::Main::signal_key_snooper_

staticprotected