NAME
Gtk2::GladeXML::Simple - A clean object-oriented interface to Gtk2::GladeXML
SYNOPSIS
package MyApp;
use Gtk2::GladeXML::Simple;
use base qw( Gtk2::GladeXML::Simple )
sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new( $gladefile );
return $self;
}
...
# Signal handlers are methods of your class
sub on_button_clicked {
my $self = shift;
# You have access to your widgets directly
# or using $self->get_widget( widget_name )
my $button = $self->{button1};
}
DESCRIPTION
Gtk2::Glade::XML::Simple is a module that provides a clean and easy interface
for Gnome/Gtk2 and Glade applications using an object-oriented syntax. You just
make Gtk2::GladeXML::Simple your application's base class, have your C<new> call
C<SUPER::new>, and the module will do the hard work for you.
Gtk2::GladeXML::Simple offers:
* Signal handlers callbacks as methods of your class.
* Autoconnection of signal handlers.
* Autocalling of creation functions for custom widgets.
* Access to widgets as instance attributes.
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Gtk2
Gtk2::GladeXML
AUTHOR
Marco Antonio Manzo <
[email protected]>
Special thanks in no order to Scott Arrington "muppet" <scott at asofyet dot org> who provided
lots of great ideas to improve this module. Sandino "tigrux" Flores <tigrux at ximian dot com>
who is the author of SimpleGladeApp which is the main source of this module's core idea.
Sean M. Burke <sburke at cpan dot org> and Rocco Caputo <rcaputo at cpan dot org> for constantly
helping me with ideas and cleaning my POD.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
Copyright (C) 2005 by Marco Antonio Manzo
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.6 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
