Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:06:44 +0100
To: lablgtk at kaba.or.jp
Subject: Commonly annoying things about lablgtk/gtk
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From: Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org>


Although I've been using lablgtk for quite a while, I still haven't
got my head round the difference between vbox#pack and vbox#add, and
the ~expand and ~fill arguments to #pack. It all appears to be fairly
random, and I spend much time trying a combinatorial range of
variations to get the effects I want. Is there any coherent
documentation on this subject?

For example, at the moment I'm trying to write an application which
uses an embedded Mozilla widget. I have to pack the toolbar, URL,
mozilla and statusbar into a vbox (using, presumably, #pack). In spite
of the fact that I'm using *precisely* the same packing order,
arguments, etc. as the `gmmm' program shown earlier, the browser
doesn't render itself at all in my new program unless I explicitly
force it to resize using #misc#set_size_request. This sucks, not just
the fact that it doesn't resize itself properly, but the fact that
#pack behaves differently in two programs which are nearly identical.

Also, this must be a common question, but how on earth do I get labels
to justify themselves left or right in a table? eg. I want this simple
effect:

      Label 1: [ entry field 1              ]
 Long label 2: [ entry field 2              ]

But try as I might the labels (and indeed entry fields) always centre
themselves.

Also, how can I change the background colour of a label? Make it bold?

Rich.

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