--# Simple greetings in various languages include GtkEngine.e chdir(canonical_path("~/demos/glade")) add(builder,"hello.glade") include en.e -- simple greetings in various languages include es.e -- each include exports a function hello, include fr.e -- and the correct one is called by using include au.e -- the namespace en:, de:, fr:, etc... include ca.e -- flag images are loaded as well. include about.e -- handles the about dialog constant hello_label = pointer("label1") main() -- Rather than write a separate handler routine for each menu option, -- we write a generic one which calls the appropriate function by name; -- function name (including namespace) is specified in the Glade Widget name -- property. See hello.glade. This can save a lot of coding in certain instances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- global function on_activate(object ctl) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- object fname = get(ctl,"name") -- (in this case, a function name) display("Calling function []",{fname}) -- run from xterm to see this atom fn = routine_id(fname) if fn = -1 then Error(,,"cannot link to function",fname) else return call_func(fn,{ctl,hello_label}) end if return 1 end function