user-data

[Benedikt Meurer]

On Sat, 14, Jun 2003, Biju Chacko wrote:

> > I just saw that we don't make use of "user-data" in objects/widgets,
> > but seem implement more or less ugly workarounds. For example
> > GtkOptionMenus and radio buttons can profit from the use of the
> > "user-data" property of GObjects. For an example see my xfwm4 settings
> > patch and the"Style" GtkOption in xfdesktop backdrop settings. Is
> > there any reasons why we don't use it whenever possible? (and yes I
> > know, xfprint is one of the apps that have such bad workarounds :-)
> 
> We need a development branch if you're going to come up with all these
> ideas!

Thats exactly my POV. Unfortunatly Olivier is currently very busy (and
unable to post to the mailing list), and IIRC Olivier is the only
one allowed to branch the CVS tree :-(

Benedikt

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