[maemo-developers] PyGTK/Hildon: CLOSING CHILD WINDOW PROPERLY?

[From: Daniel Martin Yerga]

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Hi.

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:49:12 -0600
Darren Enns <darethehair at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to convert my command-line Python program into a 
> PyGTK/Hildonized version for my Nokia N800.
> 
> I am *very new* at doing this, so the best that I can do is look for 
> examples that other people have written, and this is what I have been 
> using for my 'child' window, but it does not work -- since when I
> close the window my entire application ends:
> 
> def button_clicked(widget, data):
>        window2 = hildon.Window()
>        window2.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)
>        label = gtk.Label("blah")
>        label.set_text("You clicked on button "+data+"!!!")
>        label.show()
> 
>        window2.add(label)
>        window2.show()
>        return
> 
> Can anyone tell me the 'trick' of being able to close a 'child'
> window without the entire application shutting down? 
> 

Try changing the line:
window2.connect("destroy", gtk.main_quit)

with:
window2.connect("destroy", window2.destroy)

You have more information about gtk.main_quit function in:
http://pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/gtk-functions.html#function-gtk--main-quit


Regards.
- -- 
Daniel Martin Yerga
http://yerga.net
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