[pygtk] gobject.signal_list_names: incompehensions

[Sandro Dentella]

Hi all, I'm a beginner in the GTK world, and I don't really understand
signals. I'd like to connect a click on an EventBox, but

  my_event_box.connect('button_press', pressed)

complains:

  TypeError: <gtk.EventBox object (GtkEventBox) at 0xb716093c>: unknown signal name: button_press

So I tried to use gobject.signal_list_names to get a list of the signals
admitted but I get a o-lenght list.

I further tried gobject.signal_list_names(gtk.Entry) and I got:
('activate', 'move-cursor', 'copy-clipboard', 'populate-popup',
'insert-at-cursor', 'delete-from-cursor', 'backspace', 'cut-clipboard',
'paste-clipboard', 'toggle-overwrite')

that doesn't mention 'key_press_event' that really works... so I'm
definitely puzzled and I hope somebody will let me understand. A pointer to
a tutorial on signals would also be appreciated.


Thanks
sandro
*:-)


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