new module for libxfcegui4 (or libxfce4utils)

edscott wilson garcia edscott at imp.mx
Fri Oct 3 16:05:14 CEST 2003


On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 07:10, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> Op do 02-10-2003, om 21:33 schreef Olivier Fourdan:
> > Edscott,
> > 
> > Yes, right, we need to take actions on deprecated stuff in next gtk
> > version.
> > 
> 
> Gtk 2.4 will be a bit of a problem, because it will deprecate stuff for
> which there is no replacement in previous versions (GtkCombo, file
> selector). 
> 
> We can either maintain separate #ifdef'fed implementations to be able to
> start using the 2.4 replacements or require gtk 2.4 from a certain xfce
> release onwards (4.4). The latter seems preferable to me, but we have to
> be clear about when we will make the move. 

>From what I gather GtkCombo and GtkOptionMenu are to be fused into a new
GtkComboBox. So using the first approach will probably be not
difficult.  This could be done for a period of time, to be latter
replaced by option 2, once post 2.4 gtk becomes widespread. 

regards,

Edscott






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