[pygtk] Python and Glade

[Steve McClure]

On Nov 12, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Mats Taraldsvik wrote:

> On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 16:43 +0100, Frédéric wrote:
>> Le 12/11/2008, "Neil Munro" <neilmunro at gmail.com> a écrit:
>>
>>> I am working on a music database application for myself and I  
>>> wanna write
>>> the GUI using glade and obviously GTK, but I've not had much luck  
>>> getting
>>> things to work, I have two books on python and both say 'just do  
>>> X' but if X
>>> doesn't work I am kinda stuck, so if anyone could help me I would be
>>> grateful.
>>>
>>> The problem is that when I try to just show the GUI (never mind  
>>> event
>>> handlers and signals etc, just want the GUI to show atm) nothing  
>>> happens,
>>> python sorta sits there doing nothing. I have attached the glade  
>>> file and
>>> the python file in the hopes it'll only be one or two lines to  
>>> change that I
>>> am simply unaware of.
>>
>> I can't open you glade file right now, but did you set the Visible
>> property of the window to Yes? It is No by default...
>
> Yeah, I've done this a few times myself. Why isn't the (first created)
> main winow visible by default, by the way? Could have saved me a  
> couple
> of hours.. ;)

Perhaps, you don't want it visible.  Maybe there is a splash screen,  
or the screen shouldn't appear until some remote service is contacted,  
etc.  There isn't any reason for Glade to guess what you want when you  
have to facility to tell it.  IMHO

>
>
> To make your window visible:
>
> - Start Glade and open your project.
>
> - Open properties for your main winow, and go to the 'Common' tab.
>
> - Set/toggle visible to 'Yes'.
>
>>
>> --
>>   Frédéric
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>
> Mats
>
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