Doesn't make sense to me.  GTK+ has no other way to know about modules.

Thanks your comment Behdad.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Doesn't make sense to me.  GTK+ has no other way to know about modules.

Please look at the reference bugs (features) I pointed out.


It seems we need a similar workaround as the one Firefox implemented here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460926 . However, I don't think this bug should be closed when implementing that in our side, because it's a workaround (and anyway we need the docs [1] to be corrected).

Are you complaining that:

 A) The GTK_MODULES docs don't explain that they are *supplementary* to the GtkSettings value. (Sure, give us a patch)

 B) That GTK_MODULES is supplementary to the GtkSettings values. That's the way it works. NOTABUG.

 C) That there should be some way of overriding the GtkSettings value application-local *for testing purposes*. Legitimate RFE, though low priority.

But the fact that Firefox is using 

  GTK_MODULES *OR* g_object_set_property(gtk_settings_get_default(), ...)

to disable the accesibility modules loaded by the desktop is indicative of Systematic Problems That Are Not GTK+'s Fault.

And if you feel the need to extend that to other apps, that's also Not GTK+'s Fault.

Let's then keep this bug open for (A) and (C). Thanks Owen.

Took care of A)

        * gtk/running.sgml: Improve GTK_MODULES docs.

(In reply to comment #5)
> Took care of A)
> 
>         * gtk/running.sgml: Improve GTK_MODULES docs.
> 

Thanks, but why only in the branch?

because I was using the wrong tree...

(In reply to comment #7)
> because I was using the wrong tree...

Ok thanks.


By the way, I'm trying to use GtkSettings to override the gtk-modules setting and I keep getting accessibility with a hello world gtk app, any idea why?

This is the code:

#include <stdio.h>
// for drop_gtk_modules_conf()
#include <gtk/gtk.h>



on_destroy (GtkWidget * widget, gpointer data)
{
  gtk_main_quit ();
}

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
	g_type_init ();
    if (!gtk_parse_args(&argc, &argv))
     return 1;

    // display_name is owned by gdk.
    const char *display_name = gdk_get_display_arg_name();
	
	GdkDisplay* display = NULL;

	display = gdk_display_open(display_name);
	if (!display) {
		g_warning ("Error: cannot open display: %s\n", display_name);
		return;
	}
	
	GtkSettings* settings =
	  gtk_settings_get_for_screen (gdk_display_get_default_screen (display));
	gchar* gtk_modules_setting = NULL;
	g_object_get(settings, "gtk-modules", &gtk_modules_setting, NULL);
	if (gtk_modules_setting != NULL) {
		g_object_set(settings, "gtk-modules", "", NULL);
		g_free (gtk_modules_setting);
	}
	
     GtkWidget *window;
     GtkWidget *label;

     gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

     /* create the main, top level, window */
     window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

     /* give the window a 20px wide border */
     gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 20);

     /* give it the title */
     gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "dio cane");

     /* open it a bit wider so that both the label and title show up */
     gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 200, 50);

     /* Connect the destroy event of the window with our on_destroy function
      * When the window is about to be destroyed we get a notificaiton and
      * stop the main GTK loop
      */
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy",
                       G_CALLBACK (on_destroy), NULL);

     /* Create the "Hello, World" label  */
     label = gtk_label_new ("Hello, World");

     /* and insert it into the main window  */
     gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), label);

     /* make sure that everything, window and label, are visible */
     gtk_widget_show_all (window);

     /* start the main loop */
     gtk_main ();

	return 0;
}

(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > because I was using the wrong tree...
> 
> Ok thanks.
> 
> 
> By the way, I'm trying to use GtkSettings to override the gtk-modules setting
> and I keep getting accessibility with a hello world gtk app, any idea why?

Ok, this is indeed (C) and has been filed as 564751 (sorry if there was no need to create another bug), which we think is not low priority, as it's affecting Firefox as well (NOTE: the bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460926 has been REOPENED).

As (A) was fixed, and (C) was reported as bug 564751, which has just been closed as OBSOLETE, I'm closing this bug too.