AbiWord GTK+2.0 Porting Guide

Sorry - only covers dialogs for the moment

If you think you can refactor an XP part of a dialog to make everyone's life easier, please do!

Remove all GtkWindows. Refactor current GtkDialog usage noting that it has a button box and a vbox for contents

Use GtkStock items whenever possible

Create dialogs using abiDialogNew - see xap_UnixDialogHelper.[h|cpp] for information on these functions. Sets up resizability and titles for you automatically.

Make signal callbacks private static member functions

Make event_XXX functions private too

Remove many signal callbacks as you can, such as button-presses, delete events, destroy, ... especially for modal dialogs. GtkDialog will do that for you using abiRunModalDialog

Run modal dialogs using abiRunModalDialog. see xap_UnixDialogHelper.[h|cpp] for information on these functions

Centers dialog, connects F1 to help system, sets dialog modal, calls gtk_dialog_run, destroys dialog for you when done

Run modeless dialogs using abiRunModelessDialog. Similar benefits as abiRunModalDialog

Remove as many gtk_object_set_data calls as is possible