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GnomeAbout

GnomeAbout — Display author, documenter and translator credits for an application.

Synopsis


#include <libgnomeui/libgnomeui.h>


            GnomeAbout;
GtkWidget*  gnome_about_new                 (const gchar *name,
                                             const gchar *version,
                                             const gchar *copyright,
                                             const gchar *comments,
                                             const gchar **authors,
                                             const gchar **documenters,
                                             const gchar *translator_credits,
                                             GdkPixbuf *logo_pixbuf);
void        gnome_about_construct           (GnomeAbout *about,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             const gchar *version,
                                             const gchar *copyright,
                                             const gchar *comments,
                                             const gchar **authors,
                                             const gchar **documenters,
                                             const gchar *translator_credits,
                                             GdkPixbuf *logo_pixbuf);

Object Hierarchy


  GObject
   +----GtkObject
         +----GtkWidget
               +----GtkContainer
                     +----GtkBin
                           +----GtkWindow
                                 +----GtkDialog
                                       +----GnomeAbout

Implemented Interfaces

GnomeAbout implements AtkImplementorIface.

Properties


  "authors"              GValueArray           : Write
  "comments"             gchararray            : Read / Write
  "copyright"            gchararray            : Read / Write
  "documenters"          GValueArray           : Write
  "logo"                 GdkPixbuf             : Write
  "name"                 gchararray            : Read / Write
  "translator-credits"   gchararray            : Read / Write
  "version"              gchararray            : Read / Write

Description

The GnomeAbout widget is used as the standard way of displaying credits in an application. Typically, it will be called when a user selects the About... option from the Help menu. With one simple function call, the application can then display all of the appropriate information.

Details

GnomeAbout

typedef struct _GnomeAbout GnomeAbout;

Warning

GnomeAbout is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

A dialog box widget containing all of the relevant credit information and displaying as three notebook pages.

gnome_about_new ()

GtkWidget*  gnome_about_new                 (const gchar *name,
                                             const gchar *version,
                                             const gchar *copyright,
                                             const gchar *comments,
                                             const gchar **authors,
                                             const gchar **documenters,
                                             const gchar *translator_credits,
                                             GdkPixbuf *logo_pixbuf);

Warning

gnome_about_new is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Construct an application's credits box. The authors array cannot be empty and the translator_credits should be marked as a translatable string (so that only the translator for the currently active locale is displayed).

name : The name of the application.
version : The version string of the application.
copyright : The application's copyright statement.
comments : A short miscellaneous string.
authors : An NULL terminated array of the application authors.
documenters : An array of the application documenters.
translator_credits : The translator for the current locale.
logo_pixbuf : The application's logo.
Returns : A new "About" dialog.

gnome_about_construct ()

void        gnome_about_construct           (GnomeAbout *about,
                                             const gchar *name,
                                             const gchar *version,
                                             const gchar *copyright,
                                             const gchar *comments,
                                             const gchar **authors,
                                             const gchar **documenters,
                                             const gchar *translator_credits,
                                             GdkPixbuf *logo_pixbuf);

Warning

gnome_about_construct is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Similar to gnome_about_new() except that the pre-existing about widget is used. Note that in this version of the function, authors is not checked to be non-NULL, so callers must be careful, since bad things will happen if this condition is not met.

about : An existing GnomeAbout instance.
name : The name of the application.
version : The version string of the application.
copyright : The application's copyright statement.
comments : A short miscellaneous string.
authors : An NULL terminated array of the application authors.
documenters : An array of the application documenters.
translator_credits : The translator for the current locale.
logo_pixbuf : The application's logo.

Properties

The "authors" property

  "authors"              GValueArray           : Write

List of authors of the programs.

The "comments" property

  "comments"             gchararray            : Read / Write

Comments about the program.

Default value: NULL

The "copyright" property

  "copyright"            gchararray            : Read / Write

Copyright information for the program.

Default value: NULL

The "documenters" property

  "documenters"          GValueArray           : Write

List of people documenting the program.

The "logo" property

  "logo"                 GdkPixbuf             : Write

A logo for the about box.

The "name" property

  "name"                 gchararray            : Read / Write

The name of the program.

Default value: NULL

The "translator-credits" property

  "translator-credits"   gchararray            : Read / Write

Credits to the translators. This string should be marked as translatable.

Default value: NULL

The "version" property

  "version"              gchararray            : Read / Write

The version of the program.

Default value: NULL

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