Using GTK+ with the Free Pascal Compiler

This document is just an adaptation of the GTK+ tutorial for C written by Tony Gale and Ian Main.

To get the Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) visit the official site http://www.freepascal.org.

Last modification was Wednesday, February the 4th, 2004

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started

2.1 Hello World in GTK
2.2 Compiling Hello World
2.3 Theory of Signals and Callbacks
2.4 Events
2.5 Stepping Through Hello World
 3. Moving On
3.1 Data types
3.2 More on signal handlers
3.3 An Upgraded Hello World
 4. Packing Widgets
4.1 Theory of Packing Boxes
4.2 Details of Boxes
4.3 Box Packing Example
4.4 Packing Using Tables
4.5 Table Packing Example
 5. Widget Overview
5.1 Casting
5.2 Widget Hierarchy
5.3 Widgets Without Windows
 6. The Button Widget
6.1 Normal Buttons
6.2 Toggle Buttons
6.3 Check Buttons
6.4 Radio Buttons
 7. Adjustments
7.1 Creating an Adjustment
7.2 Using Adjustments the Easy Way
7.3 Adjustment Internals
 8 Range Widgets
8.1 Scrollbar Widgets
8.2 Scale Widgets
8.2.1 Creating Scale Widgets
8.2.2 Functions and Signals
 8.3 Common Range Functions
8.3.1 Setting the Update Policy
8.3.2 Getting and Setting Adjustments 8.4 Key and Mouse bindings
8.5 Range Controls Example
 9 Miscellaneous Widgets
9.1 Labels
9.2 Arrows
9.3 The Tooltips Object
9.4 Progress Bars
9.5 Dialogs
9.6 Pixmaps
9.7 Rulers
9.8 Statusbars
9.9 Text Entries
9.10 Spin Buttons
9.11 Combo Box
9.12 Colour Selection
9.13 File selections
 10 Container Widgets
10.1 The Event Box
10.2 The Alignment Widget
10.3 Fixed Container
10.4 Layout Container
10.5 Frames
10.6 Aspect Frames
10.7 Paned Window Widgets
10.8 Viewports
10.9 Scrolled Windows
10.10 Button Boxes
10.11 Toolbar
10.12 Notebooks
 11 CList Widget
11.1 Creating a CList Widget
11.2 Modes of Operation
11.3 Working with Titles
11.4 Manipulating the List Itself
11.5 Adding Rows to the List
11.6 Setting Text and Pixmaps in the Cells
11.7 Storing Data Pointers
11.8 Working with Selections
11.9 The Signals that Bring it Together
11.10 A CList Example
 12 Tree Widget
12.1 Creating a Tree
12.2 Adding a Subtree
12.3 Handling the Selection List
12.4 Tree Widget Internals
12.5 Tree Item Widget
12.6 Tree Example
 13. Menu Widget
13.1 Manual Menu Creation
13.2 Manual Menu Example
13.3 Using ItemFactory
13.4 Item Factory Example
 14. Text Widget
14.1 Creating and Configuring a Text Box
14.2 Text Manipulation
14.3 Keyboard Shortcuts
14.4 A GtkText Example
 15. Undocumented Widgets
15.1 Calendar
15.2 CTree
15.3 Curves
15.4 Drawing Area
15.5 Font Selection Dialog
15.6 Gamma Curve
15.7 Image
15.8 Packer
15.9 Plugs and Sockets
15.10 Preview
 16. Setting Widget Attributes
17. Timeouts, IO and Idle Functions
17.1 Timeouts
17.2 Monitoring IO
17.3 Idle Functions
 18. Advanced Event and Signal Handling
18.1 Signal Functions
18.2 Signal Emission and Propagation
 19. Managing Selections
19.1 Overview
19.2 Retrieving the Selection
19.3 Supplying the Selection
 20. GLib
20.1 Definitions
20.2 Doubly Linked Lists
20.3 Singly Linked Lists
20.4 Memory Management
20.5 Timers
20.6 String Handling
20.7 Utility and Error Functions
 21. GTK's rc Files
21.1 Functions For rc Files
21.2 GTK's rc File Format
21.3 Example rc File
 22. Writing Your Own Widgets
22.1 Overview
22.2 The Anatomy Of A Widget
22.3 Creating a Composite Widget
22.4 Learning More
 23. Scribble, A Simple Example Drawing Program
23.1 Overview
23.2 Event Handling
23.3 The DrawingArea Widget, and Drawing
23.4 Adding XInput support
 24. Tips For Writing GTK Applications
25. Contributing
26. Credits