Today, I'll talk a little bit about menu-creation.

An application does normaly not exist with only one window. You normaly have something to configure your app, or open files etc. These things are triggered through a toolbar or an application-menu.

Hi,

I've added a two new tools in GtkLauncher :

 a sender and an implementor browsers

imagik.fr

Cheers,
Gwenael Casaccio

Let's start with enhancing the small app from the last step.

The problem that we are facing right now is, if we close the app through the window-managers 'close' button, the application (or better the GTK-Main-Loop) is still running and to end it, we have to press Ctrl-D.

Because I start the script from the command-line, I also would like to see, if I close the app, that the command line will come up again.

The solution seems, to create a method, that would be called, if the user presses the close button. We have to clean up the window and to close the app.

Ok, here's my first blog-entry.

Because I wanted to start with gnu-smalltalk - and smalltalk at all - I was trying to find some information on how to start. The most tutorials in the web are based on VisualWorks and are not really helpful for me, trying to start with gnu-smalltalk. Hopefully, with the GTK-Launcher http://smalltalk.gnu.org/blog/mrgwen the thing will change, but you still have to know, how to handle the GTK-Stuff with gnu-smalltalk.

And that's what the beginning of my blog is about.

Hi,

I'm proud to announce a new version of GtkLauncher an IDE for GNU Smalltalk.
In this version there is a support of syntax highlighter in the browser,
handling of per-workspace variables, and an improved inspector with adapted
views and you can dive/back in the inspector.

imagik.fr

Have a look at : http://gtklauncher.bioskop.fr.

Cheers,
Gwenael Casaccio