NAME

Test::Without::Gtk2Things - disable selected Gtk2 methods for testing

SYNOPSIS

 # perl -MTest::Without::Gtk2Things=insert_with_values foo.t

 # or
 use Test::Without::Gtk2Things 'insert_with_values';

DESCRIPTION

This module removes or disables selected features from Gtk2 in order to simulate an older version (or other restrictions). It can be used for development or testing to check code which adapts itself to available features or which is meant to run on older Gtk. There's only a couple of "without" things as yet.

Obviously the best way to test application code on older Gtk is to run it on an older Gtk, but making a full environment for that can be difficult.

Usage

From the command line use a -M module load (per perlrun) for a program or test script,

    perl -MTest::Without::Gtk2Things=insert_with_values foo.t

Or the same through Test::Harness in a MakeMaker test run

    HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES="-MTest::Without::Gtk2Things=blank_cursor" \
      make test

A test script can do the same with a use,

    use Test::Without::Gtk2Things 'insert_with_values';

Or an equivalent explicit import,

    require Test::Without::Gtk2Things;
    Test::Without::Gtk2Things->import('insert_with_values');

In each case generally the "withouts" should be established before loading application code in case it checks features at BEGIN time.

Currently Test::Without::Gtk2Things loads Gtk2 if not already loaded, but don't rely on that. A mangle-after-load instead might be good, if it could be done reliably.

WITHOUT THINGS

verbose

Have Test::Without::Gtk2Things print some diagnostic messages to STDERR. For example,

    perl -MTest::Without::Gtk2Things=verbose,blank_cursor foo.t
    =>
    Test::Without::Gtk2Things -- without CursorType blank-cursor, per Gtk before 2.16
    ...

blank_cursor

Remove blank-cursor from the Gtk2::Gdk::CursorType enumeration. Currently this means removing from Glib::Type->list_values, and making Gtk2::Gdk::Cursor->new and new_for_display throw an error if asked for that type.

Object properties of type Gtk2::Gdk::CursorType are are not affected (they can still be set to blank-cursor), but perhaps that could be done in the future. Blank cursors within Gtk itself are unaffected.

blank-cursor is new in Gtk 2.16. In earlier versions an invisible cursor can be made by applications with a no-pixels-set bitmap as described by gdk_cursor_new in such earlier versions. (See Gtk2::Ex::WidgetCursor for some help with that.)

cell_layout_get_cells

Remove the get_cells method from the Gtk2::CellLayout interface. That interface method is new in Gtk 2.12 and removal affects all widget classes implementing that interface. In earlier Gtk versions Gtk2::CellView and Gtk2::TreeViewColumn have individual get_cell_renderers methods. Those methods are unaffected by this without.

insert_with_values

Remove the insert_with_values method from Gtk2::ListStore and Gtk2::TreeStore. That method is new in Gtk 2.6. In earlier versions separate insert and set calls are necessary.

menuitem_label_property

Remove from Gtk2::MenuItem label and use-underline properties and corresponding explicit get_label, set_use_underline etc methods.

label and use-underline are new in Gtk 2.16. (For prior versions new_with_label or new_with_mnemonic create and set a child label widget.)

widget_tooltip

Remove from Gtk2::Widget base tooltip support new in Gtk 2.12. This means the tooltip-text, tooltip-markup and has-tooltip properties, their direct get/set methods such as $widget->set_tooltip_text, and the query-tooltip signal.

For code supporting both earlier and later than 2.12 it may be enough to just skip the tooltip setups for the earlier versions. See set_property_maybe in Glib::Ex::ObjectBits for some help with that.

SEE ALSO

Gtk2, Test::Without::Module, Test::Weaken::Gtk2

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010 Kevin Ryde

Gtk2-Ex-WidgetBits is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

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