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<a name="CHA-CHECKLIST">Gnome Application Checklist</a>
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<p>
Almost all Gnome applications should support a common set
of features. This checklist summarizes the most important
ones. Always remember: Gnome is a direct response to the
problem of application heterogeneity in the X environment,
and one of the most important goals of any Gnome
application should be look-and-feel consistent with other
Gnome applications, starting with the source code seen by
programmers and ending with the spiffy GUI you present to
users.
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<p>
Create a standards-compliant source tree. Use the Gnome
<tt class="APPLICATION">autoconf</tt> macros, or the
<tt class="FILENAME">gnome-config</tt> script, to
reliably locate the Gnome libraries and header files.
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Include a <tt class="FILENAME">README</tt> describing
the package.
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Include the standard <tt class="FILENAME">INSTALL</tt>
file describing how to compile and install the package;
change the standard file to reflect anything specific
to your application.
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Include a copyright, in a file called <tt class=
"FILENAME">COPYING</tt>.
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Internationalize your application with GNU <tt class=
"APPLICATION">gettext</tt> and the standard C library
functions.
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Include the <tt class="FILENAME">intl</tt> directory
with your application, so users can build the
application without having <tt class="APPLICATION">
gettext</tt>. Include <tt class="FILENAME">intl</tt> in
your header file search path.
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Define the <tt class="APPLICATION">G_LOG_DOMAIN</tt>
preprocessor symbol to identify the origin of glib
error messages.
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<p>
Define the <tt class="APPLICATION">GNOMELOCALEDIR</tt>
preprocessor symbol so Gnome can find translation
files.
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Install a <tt class="APPLICATION">.desktop</tt> file so
your application will appear on the Gnome desktop's
menus.
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Install help files along with <tt class="FILENAME">
topic.dat</tt> files so the Gnome help browser can
locate them.
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<li>
<p>
Be sure the <tt class="APPLICATION">make distcheck</tt>
target works; this is will catch many common makefile
errors.
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</li>
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Set up a <tt class="APPLICATION">popt</tt> argument
parser; at a minimum, you will probably want to support
a <tt class="APPLICATION">--geometry</tt> option.
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</li>
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All configuration should be possible via the GUI; the
easiest way to achieve this is with the Gnome
configuration library.
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Your application should support session management; at
a minimum, it should save and restore the currently
open documents.
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</li>
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If appropriate, use the <tt class="CLASSNAME">
GnomeApp</tt> for your main document windows; this
widget gives Gnome applications a consistent
look-and-feel.
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Call <tt class="FUNCTION">gtk_window_set_wmclass()</tt>
to set the class hint on your windows, so users can
customize how window managers treat them.
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Use <span class="STRUCTNAME">GnomeUIInfo</span> to
create menus and toolbars; when appropriate, use the
Gnome macros for standard menu items.
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Add a status bar to display hints for the menu items,
and any other status your application has to report.
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Use <tt class="CLASSNAME">GnomeDialog</tt> and its
subclasses for your dialogs.
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Add online help, including tooltips and documentation
for display in the help browser.
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Keep a <tt class="FILENAME">ChangeLog</tt> detailing
changes to your source code. This will help other
people understand the evolution of the application, and
help you understand why you made certain changes years
later.
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