From: Jacek Podkanski <jacekpodkanski@...>
Date: 2001-12-16T15:55:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28663] Re: GUI testing with GTK?

Massimiliano Mirra wrote:

> I see GTK::Widget has got an add_events(events) method.  I believed it
> was a way to add events to the widget's queue, including clicks and
> other user actions, so I rejoiced.
> 
> But either I misinterpreted it or I cannot guess how to use it.  From
> the following code snippet, I would expect that the window would close
> after two seconds, which it does not.
> 
> 
> 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> require 'gtk'
> 
> window = Gtk::Window.new(Gtk::WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
> window.signal_connect('delete_event') { exit }
> window.show
> 
> Thread.new { sleep 2; window.add_events('delete_event') }
> 
> Gtk.main
> 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The GTK API reference on ruby-lang does not describe add_events, and I
> could not get anything useful out of the gtk-reference (still too much
> of a C kid I'm afraid).
> 
> Massimiliano

Try that
Regards Jacek

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'gtk'

window = Gtk::Window.new(Gtk::WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
window.signal_connect('delete_event') {
  sleep 2 #try to do it that way
  exit
}
window.show



Gtk.main
-- 
Jacek Podkanski