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Package: Desktop (generic)

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# Description

    generic
          type User_Data is private;
          --  Generic type of parameter that is passed to all the children's save
          --  and restore functions.

          --  This package needs to be instantiated at library level

       package Desktop is

# Types

### User_Data

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    type User_Data is private;

Generic type of parameter that is passed to all the children's save and restore functions.

### Menu_Registration_Procedure

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    type Menu_Registration_Procedure is access procedure
            (User       : User_Data;
             Item_Name  : String;
             Accel_Path : String);

Function used to register in the application a static menu created by the MDI.

### Save_Desktop_Function

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    type Save_Desktop_Function is access function
            (Widget : access Gtk.Widget.Gtk_Widget_Record'Class;
             User   : User_Data) return Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;

A general function that dumps the parameters of a widget into an XML tree. Note: you should register one such function for all the widget types you will put in the MDI and that need to be saved when a desktop is saved. The MDI will call all the registered functions one after the other. Therefore, your function should return null if Widget is not of a type that is it can handle.

### Load_Desktop_Function

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    type Load_Desktop_Function is access function
            (MDI : MDI_Window; Node : Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr; User : User_Data)
             return MDI_Child;

A general function that loads a widget from an XML tree. As for Save_Desktop_Function, this function should return null if it doesn't know how to handle Node or if Node doesn't describe a widget type that it can handle. This function returns an MDI_Widget that has been put in the MDI.

# Subprograms & Entries

### Create_Menu

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    function Create_Menu (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;Accel_Path_Prefix: String := "";User: User_Data;Registration: Menu_Registration_Procedure := null) return Gtk.Menu.Gtk_Menu;

Create a dynamic menu that can then be inserted into a menu bar. This menu is dynamic, ie its content will changed based on the focus child. If this function is called several times, the same menu is returned every time. Accel_Path_Prefix must be the same for every call. Accel_Path_Prefix is used so that the key shortcuts associated with these menu items can be changed dynamically by the user (see gtk-accel_map.ads). The prefix must start with "<" and end with ">". User is used for the callbacks on perspective changes, and passed to Load_Perspective If Registration is specified, call it for

### Register_Desktop_Functions

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    procedure Register_Desktop_Functions (Save: Save_Desktop_Function;Load: Load_Desktop_Function);

Register a set of functions to save and load desktops for some specific widget types. This can be called multiple times. Neither Save nor Load can be null.

### Restore_Desktop

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    function Restore_Desktop (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;Perspectives: Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;From_Tree: Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;User: User_Data) return Boolean;

Restore the contents of the MDI from its saved XML tree. Perspectives is the list of perspectives. It is cloned as needed, so the caller is still responsible for freeing it. The first perspective is loaded. From_Tree is the part of the desktop that describes the editor area. User is passed as a parameter to all of the Load_Desktop_Function registered by the widgets. Return False if the desktop couldn't be loaded It also restores the size and position of the toplevel window that contains the MDI

### Load_Perspective

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    procedure Load_Perspective (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;Name: String;User: User_Data);

Replace the current perspective by another one. This preserves the editor area. If the perspective does not exist, nothing is done, unless no perspective is currently loaded (in which case we load the first on in the list).

### Create_Perspective

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    procedure Create_Perspective (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;Name: String;User: User_Data);

Create a new perspective with the current desktop layout. If another perspective with the same name exists, it is replaced.

### Define_Perspective

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    procedure Define_Perspective (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;XML: Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;User: User_Data);

Define a new perspective (in the same format as returned by Save_Desktop, the central area is under control of the user so you cannot change it). If such a perspective already exists, nothing is done (since the user might have modified it already). XML's root node is the <perspective> node, including its "name" attribute. XML must be freed by the caller.

### Save_Desktop

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    procedure Save_Desktop (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;User: User_Data;Perspectives: out Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;Central: out Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr);

Return XML representations of the perspectives and central area. Both nodes need to be freed by the caller, and can be saved in a file (to be passed to Restore_Desktop later on). This function calls each of the registered function for the children of the MDI. It also saves the size and position of the toplevel window that contains the MDI

### Get_XML_Content

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    function Get_XML_Content (MDI: access MDI_Window_Record'Class;Tag: String) return Glib.Xml_Int.Node_Ptr;

Return the first XML subtree starting with 'Tag'. This allows a module to retrieve its content after the 'Load_Desktop' call.

### Free_Registered_Desktop_Functions

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    procedure Free_Registered_Desktop_Functions;

Free the memory allocated for the registered functions.