Re: patch for using gtk dnd in unix

Hi Tomeu,

How does this patch "play" with dragging + dropping a file onto
AbiWord from Nautilus? There's a somewhat frightening amount of code
removed from the FrameImpl that I seem to remember being important.

Thanks,
Dom

On 1/25/07, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu@tomeuvizoso.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> in [1] is a patch for using gtk dnd functions instead of the
> cross-platform visual dnd.
>
> These are the current known issues:
>
> - Doesn't respect abi code conventions, any docs about it?
> - Only drags text.
> - When dragging in abi, the selections is updated following the mouse.
> Could I tell fv_View to not update the selection until the drag is over?
> - Crashes on destruction, as I need to get the DrawingArea for
> disconnecting the signals, but it has already been destroyed.
> - I have been passing some members from private to protected and making
> friend classes. I guess this is bad and could be improved.
> - Some view updating artifacts when finishing the drop inside abi.
>
> I would appreciate if anyone could give it a look and suggest solutions
> and improvements.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tomeu
>
> [1] http://tomeuvizoso.net/~tomeu/gtk_dnd.patch
>
>

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