Resource Files
Routines for handling resource files
GTK+ provides resource file mechanism for configuring
various aspects of the operation of a GTK+ program
at runtime.
Default files
An application can cause GTK+ to parse a specific RC
file by calling gtk_rc_parse(). In addition to this,
certain files will be read at the end of gtk_init().
Unless modified, the files looked for will be .gtkrc
in the users home directory, and
$localstatedir/gtk/gtkrc
($localstatedir defaults to
/usr/local/etc).
The set of these default files
can be retrieved with gtk_rc_get_default_files()
and modified with gtk_rc_add_default_file() and
gtk_rc_set_default_files().
For each default file, in addition to the file itself,
GTK+ will look for a locale-specific file that will
be parsed in addition to the main file. For instance,
if LANG is set to ja_JP.ujis,
when loading the default file ~/.gtkrc
then GTK+ looks for ~/.gtkrc.ja_JP.ujis,
~/.gtkrc.ja_JP, and
~/.gtkrc.ja, and parses the
first one it finds.
Pathnames and patterns
A resource file defines a number of styles and key bindings and
attaches them to particular widgets. The attachment is done
by the widget, widget_class,
and class declarations. As an example
of such a statement:
widget "mywindow.*.GtkEntry" style "my-entry-class"
attaches the style "my-entry-class"
to all widgets whose widget class
matches the pattern
"mywindow.*.GtkEntry".
The patterns here are given in the standard shell glob
syntax. The "?" wildcard matches
any character, while "*" matches
zero or more of any character. The three types of
matching are against the widget path, the
class path and the class
heirarchy. Both the widget and the class paths consists of a
"." separated list of all the
parents of the widget and the widget itself from
outermost to innermost. The difference is that in
the widget path, the name assigned by
gtk_widget_set_name() is used
if present, otherwise the class name of the widget, while
for the widget path, the class name is always used.
So, if you have a GtkEntry named
"myentry", inside of a of a window
named "mywindow", then the
widget path is:
"mwindow.GtkHBox.myentry"
while the class path is:
"GtkWindow.GtkHBox.GtkEntry"
Matching against class is a little different. The pattern
match is done against all class names in the widgets
class heirarchy (not the layout heirarchy) in sequence, so the
pattern:
class "GtkButton" style "my-style"
will match not just GtkButton widgets,
but also GtkToggleButton and
GtkCheckButton widgets, since
those classes derive from GtkButton.
Toplevel declarations
An RC file is a text file which is composed of a sequence
of declarations. '#' characters delimit comments and
the portion of a line after a '#' is ignored when parsing
an RC file.
The possible toplevel declarations are:
binding name
{ ... }
Declare a binding set
class pattern
[ style | binding [ : priority ]]
name
Specify a style or binding set for a particular
branch of the inheritance heirarchy.
include filename
Parse another file at this point
module_path path>
Sets a path (a list of directories separated
by colons) that will be searched for theme engines referenced in
RC files.
pixmap_path path>
Sets a path (a list of directories separated
by colons) that will be searched for pixmaps referenced in
RC files.
style name [ =
parent ] { ... }
Declare a style
widget pattern
[ style | binding [ : priority ]]
name
Specify a style or binding set for a particular
group of widgets by matching on the widget pathname.
widget_class pattern
[ style | binding [ : priority ]]
name
Specify a style or binding set for a particular
group of widgets by matching on the class pathname.
Styles
A RC style is specified by a style
declaration in a RC file, and then bound to widgets
with a widget, widget_class,
or class declaration. All styles
applying to a particular widget are composited together
with widget declarations overriding
widget_class declarations which, in
turn, override widget declarations.
Within each type of declaration, later declarations override
earlier ones.
Within a style declaration, the possible
elements are:
bg[state] =
color
Set color used for the background of most widgets.
fg[state] =
color
Set color used for the foreground of most widgets.
base[state] =
color
Set color used for the background of widgets displaying
editable text. This color is used for the background
of, among others, #GtkText, #GtkEntry, #GtkList, and #GtkClist.
text[state] =
color
Set color used for foreground of widgets using
base for the background color.
bg_text[state] =
color
Set a background pixmap to be used in place of
the bg color (or for #GtkText,
in place of the base color.
font = font
Set the font for a widget.
fontset = font
Set the fontset for a widget. Overrides any
font declarations.
The colors and background pixmaps are specified as a function of the
state of the widget. The states are:
NORMAL
A color used for a widget in its normal state
ACTIVE
A variant of the NORMAL color used when the
widget is in the %GTK_STATE_ACTIVE state, and also for
the trough of a ScrollBar, tabs of a NoteBook
other than the current tab and similar areas.
Frequently, this should be a darker variant
of the NORMAL color.
PRELIGHT
A color used for widgets in the %GTK_STATE_PRELIGHT state. This
state is the used for Buttons and MenuItems
that have the mouse cursor over them, and for
their children.
SELECTED
A color used to highlight data selected by the user.
for instance, the selected ListItems in a List widget, and the
selection in an Editable widget.
INSENSITIVE
A color used for the background of widgets that have
been set insenstivie with gtk_widget_set_senstive()
Colors can be specified as a string "&hash;rrrrggggbbbb",
"&hash;rrrgggbbb", "&hash;rrggbb",
or "&hash;rgb", where r
g, and b are
hex digits, or they can be specified as a triplet of floats
{ r, g,
b}.
Key bindings
Key bindings allow the user to specify actions to be
taken on particular key presses. The form of a binding
set declaration is:
binding name {
bind key {
signalname (param, ...)
...
}
...
}
key is a string consisting of a
series of modifiers followed by the name of a key. The
modifiers can be:
<alt>
<control>
<mod1>
<mod2>
<mod3>
<mod4>
<mod5>
<release>
<shft>
<shift>
<shft> is an alias for
<shift> and
<alt> is an alias for
<mod1>.
The action that is bound to the key is a sequence
of signal names (strings) followed by parameters for
each signal. The signals must be action signals.
(See gtk_signal_new()). Each parameter can be
a float, integer, string, or unquoted string
representing an enumeration value. The types of
the parameters specified must match the types of the
parameters of the signal.
Binding sets are connected to widgets in the
same manner as styles, with one addition.
A priority can be specified for each pattern,
and within each type of pattern, binding sets
override other binding sets first by priority,
and only then by order of specification. (Later
overrides earlier). The priorities that can
be specified are (highest to lowest):
HIGHEST
RC
APPLICATION
GTK
LOWEST
RC is the default for bindings
read from an RC file, APPLICATION
should be used for bindings an application sets
up, and GTK is used for bindings
that GTK+ creates internally.
The #GtkRcStyle structure is used to represent a set
of information about the appearance of a widget.
This can later be composited together with other
#GtkRcStyle structures to form a #GtkStyle.
@parent_instance:
@name:
@bg_pixmap_name:
@font_desc:
@color_flags:
@fg:
@bg:
@text:
@base:
@xthickness:
@ythickness:
The #GtkRcFlags enumeration is used as a bitmask
to specify which fields of a #GtkRcStyle have been
set for each state.
%GTK_RC_FG
If present, the foreground color has been set for this state.
%GTK_RC_BG
If present, the background color has been set for this state.
%GTK_RC_TEXT
If present, the text color has been set for this state.
%GTK_RC_BASE
If present, the base color has been set for this state.
@GTK_RC_FG:
@GTK_RC_BG:
@GTK_RC_TEXT:
@GTK_RC_BASE:
A GtkImageLoader is used to load a filename found in
a RC file.
@window: the window for creating image
@colormap: the colormap for this image
@mask: a pointer to the location to store the mask
@transparent_color: the transparent color for the image
@filename: filename to load
@Returns: a #GtkPixmap representing @filename
The #GtkRcTokenType enumeration represents the tokens
in the RC file. It is exposed so that theme engines
can reuse these tokens when parsing the theme-engine
specific portions of a RC file.
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_INVALID:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_INCLUDE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_NORMAL:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_ACTIVE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_PRELIGHT:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_SELECTED:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_INSENSITIVE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_FG:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_BG:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_TEXT:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_BASE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_XTHICKNESS:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_YTHICKNESS:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_FONT:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_FONTSET:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_FONT_NAME:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_BG_PIXMAP:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_PIXMAP_PATH:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_STYLE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_BINDING:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_BIND:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_WIDGET:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_WIDGET_CLASS:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_CLASS:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_LOWEST:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_GTK:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_APPLICATION:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_RC:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_HIGHEST:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_ENGINE:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_MODULE_PATH:
@GTK_RC_TOKEN_LAST:
Finds all matching RC styles for a given widget,
composites them together, and then creates a
#GtkStyle representing the composite appearance.
(GTK+ actually keeps a cache of previously
created styles, so a new style may not be
created.)
@widget: a #GtkWidget
@Returns: the resulting style. The caller should
reference the result, since GTK+ will retain the
initial reference count itself for the cache
of created styles.
Add a RcStyle that will be looked up by a match against
the widget's pathname. This is equivalent to a:
widget PATTERN style STYLE
statement in a RC file.
@rc_style: the #GtkRcStyle to use for widgets matching @pattern
@pattern: the pattern
Add a RcStyle that will be looked up by a match against
the widget's class pathname. This is equivalent to a:
widget_class PATTERN style STYLE
statement in a RC file.
@rc_style: the #GtkRcStyle to use for widgets matching @pattern
@pattern: the pattern
Add a RcStyle that will be looked up by a matching against
the class heirarchy of the widget. This is equivalent to a:
class PATTERN style STYLE
statement in a RC file.
@rc_style: the #GtkRcStyle to use for widgets deriving from @pattern
@pattern: the pattern
Parse a given resource file.
@filename: the filename of a file to parse.
Parse resource information directly from a string.
@rc_string: a string to parse.
If the modification time on any previously read file
has changed, discard all style information
and then reread all previously read RC files.
@Returns: %TRUE if the files were reread.
Adds a file to the list of files to be parsed at the
end of gtk_init().
@filename: the pathname to the file.
Retrieves the current list of RC files that will be parsed
at the end of gtk_init()
@Returns: A NULL terminated array of filenames. This memory
is owned by GTK+ and must not be freed by the application.
If you want to store this information, you should make a
copy.
Sets the list of files that GTK+ will read at the
end of gtk_init()
@filenames: A %NULL terminated list of filenames.
Parses a color in the format expected in a RC file.
@scanner: a #GtkScanner
@color: a pointer to a #GtkColor structure in which to store the result
@Returns: %G_TOKEN_NONE if parsing suceeded, otherwise the token
that was expected but not found.
Parses a #GtkStateType variable from the format expected
in a RC file.
@scanner: a #GtkScanner (must be initialized for parsing an RC file)
@state: A pointer to a #GtkStateType variable in which to
store the result.
@Returns: %G_TOKEN_NONE if parsing suceeded, otherwise the token
that was expected but not found.
Parses a #GtkPathPriorityType variable from the format expected
in a RC file.
@scanner: a #GtkScanner (must be initialized for parsing an RC file)
@priority: A pointer to #GtkPathPriorityType variable in which
to store the result.
@Returns: %G_TOKEN_NONE if parsing suceeded, otherwise the token
that was expected but not found.
Looks up a file in the current module path.
@module_file: The name of the module to search for.
@Returns: The filename, if found. (Must be freed with g_free()),
otherwise %NULL.
Looks up a file in the current pixmap path. If the file is
not found, it outputs a warning message using g_warning()
and returns %NULL.
@scanner: a #GtkScanner. Used for printing out warning messages
if the file is not found.
@pixmap_file: The name of the file to search for.
@Returns: The filename, if found. (Must be freed with g_free()),
otherwise %NULL.
Returns the directory in which GTK+ will look for
theme engines.
@Returns: The directory. (Must be freed with g_free())
Returns the standard directory in which themes should
be installed. (GTK+ does not actually use this directory
itself.)
@Returns: The directory. (Must be freed with g_free())
Sets the function that GTK+ will use to load images
@loader: the #GtkImageLoader to use
Internal function. Loads an image using the current
image loader.
@colormap: the colormap to use for the image
@transparent_color: the transparent color for the image
@filename: the filename of the image file
@Returns: a #GtkPixmap representing @filename
Create a new #GtkRcStyle with no fields set and
a reference count of 1.
@Returns: the newly create #GtkRcStyle
@orig:
@Returns:
Increment the reference count of a #GtkRcStyle.
@rc_style: a #GtkRcStyle
Decrement the reference count of a #GtkRcStyle and
free if the result is 0.
@rc_style: a #GtkRcStyle