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 <marcoam@perl.org.mx>

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.