GtkTextView: use pointer or Ref instead of _GtkTextIter struct (breaking)

GI/src/giexport.jl

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ function struct_exprs!(exprs,exports,ns,structs=nothing;print_summary=true,exclu
         end
         push!(exports.args, get_full_name(ssi))
         length(fields)>0 && push!(exports.args,get_struct_name(ssi,false))
+        if length(fields)>0 && !in(name, import_as_opaque)
+            push!(exports.args, structptrlike(ssi))
+        end
     end
 
     if print_summary
@@ -168,6 +171,9 @@ function all_struct_exprs!(exprs,exports,ns;print_summary=true,excludelist=[],co
 
         push!(exprs, decl(ssi,in(name,import_as_opaque)))
         push!(exports.args, get_full_name(ssi))
+        if length(fields)>0
+            push!(exports.args, structptrlike(ssi))
+        end
         push!(loaded, name)
         length(fields)>0 && push!(exports.args,get_struct_name(ssi,false))
     end

GI/src/giimport.jl

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ function decl(structinfo::GIStructInfo,force_opaque=false)
         end
     end
     conv=nothing
+    structlike = Symbol(gstructname,:Like)
     if !opaque
         fieldsexpr=Expr[]
         for field in get_fields(structinfo)
@@ -125,6 +126,11 @@ function decl(structinfo::GIStructInfo,force_opaque=false)
         conv = quote
             unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{$ustructname}}, box::$gstructname) = convert(Ptr{$ustructname}, box.handle)
             convert(::Type{$gstructname}, p::Ptr{$ustructname},  owns = false) = $gstructname(p, owns)
+            const $structlike = Union{Ref{$ustructname},$gstructname}
+        end
+    else
+        conv = quote
+            const $structlike = $gstructname
         end
     end
     decl = isboxed ? :($gstructname <: GBoxed) : gstructname
@@ -501,12 +507,13 @@ function typename(info::GIStructInfo)
         Symbol(GLib.g_type_name(g_type))
     end
 end
+structptrlike(info::GIStructInfo) = Symbol(get_full_name(info),:Like)
 function extract_type(typeinfo::GITypeInfo, info::GIStructInfo)
     name = typename(info)
     sname = get_struct_name(info)
     if is_pointer(typeinfo)
         fname = get_full_name(info)
-        tname = isopaque(info) ? fname : :(Union{$fname,Ref{$sname}})
+        tname = isopaque(info) ? fname : structptrlike(info)
         TypeDesc(info,tname,typename(info),:(Ptr{$sname}))
     else
         TypeDesc(info,sname,sname,sname)
@@ -517,7 +524,7 @@ function extract_type(typeinfo::Type{InstanceType}, info::GIStructInfo)
     sname = get_struct_name(info)
     if is_pointer(typeinfo)
         fname = get_full_name(info)
-        tname = isopaque(info) ? fname : :(Union{$fname,Ref{$sname}})
+        tname = isopaque(info) ? fname : structptrlike(info)
         TypeDesc(info,tname,typename(info),:(Ptr{$sname}))
     else
         TypeDesc(info,sname,sname,sname)
@@ -801,7 +808,7 @@ function extract_type(typeinfo::GITypeInfo, basetype::Type{T}) where {T<:GBoxed}
     name = get_full_name(interf_info)
     sname = get_struct_name(interf_info)
     p = is_pointer(typeinfo)
-    jarg = (name != sname ? :(Union{$name,Ref{$sname}}) : name)
+    jarg = (name != sname ? structptrlike(interf_info) : name)
     ctype = is_pointer(typeinfo) ? :(Ptr{$sname}) : sname
     TypeDesc{Type{GBoxed}}(GBoxed, jarg, name, ctype)
 end

examples/HDF5Viewer/Project.toml

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ HDF5 = "f67ccb44-e63f-5c2f-98bd-6dc0ccc4ba2f"
 PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
 
 [compat]
-Gtk4 = "0.6"
+Gtk4 = "0.7"
 

gen/gen_gio.jl

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object_method_skiplist=[:new_for_bus,:export,:add_option_group,:make_pollfd,:get
 :new_for_bus_sync,:new_sync,:writev,:writev_all,:flatten_tree,:changed_tree,:receive_messages,:send_message,:send_message_with_timeout,:send_messages,
 :get_channel_binding_data,:lookup_certificates_issued_by,:get_default,:get_unix_fd_list,:set_unix_fd_list,:get_attribute_file_path,:set_attribute_file_path,:get_timeout,:set_timeout]
 
-object_skiplist=vcat(obj_skiplist,[:AppInfoMonitor,:DBusConnection,:DBusMenuModel,:DBusProxy,:DBusMethodInvocation,:IOModule,:SimpleProxyResolver,:UnixMountMonitor,:Task])
+object_skiplist=vcat(obj_skiplist,[:AppInfoMonitor,:DBusConnection,:DBusMenuModel,:DBusProxy,:DBusMethodInvocation,:IOModule,:SimpleProxyResolver,:UnixMountMonitor])
 
 interface_method_skiplist=[:add_action_entries,:get_info,:receive_messages,:send_messages,
 :writev_nonblocking,:dup_default,:remove_action_entries,:new_build_filenamev]

gen/gen_gtk4.jl

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ skiplist=[:create_closure,:activate_cell,:event,:start_editing,:filter_keypress,
 
 object_skiplist=vcat(object_skiplist,[:CellRenderer,:MnemonicAction,:NeverTrigger,:NothingAction,:PrintJob,:PrintSettings,:RecentManager])
 
-GI.export_methods!(ns,path,"gtk4"; exclude_deprecated = false, object_method_skiplist = skiplist, object_skiplist = object_skiplist, interface_method_skiplist = [:start_editing, :install_properties], interface_skiplist = [:PrintOperationPreview], struct_skiplist = vcat(struct_skiplist,[:Bitset,:BitsetIter,:BuildableParseContext,:CssSection,:TextIter]))
+GI.export_methods!(ns,path,"gtk4"; exclude_deprecated = false, object_method_skiplist = skiplist, object_skiplist = object_skiplist, interface_method_skiplist = [:start_editing, :install_properties], interface_skiplist = [:PrintOperationPreview], struct_skiplist = vcat(struct_skiplist,[:Bitset,:BitsetIter,:BuildableParseContext,:CssSection]))
 
 skiplist=[:editable_install_properties,:ordering_from_cmpfunc,:value_set_expression,:value_take_expression]
 

src/GLib/GLib.jl

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export gtkdoc_const_url, gtkdoc_enum_url, gtkdoc_flags_url, gtkdoc_method_url,
        gtkdoc_func_url, gtkdoc_struc_url
 
 export gtype_wrappers, GVariantDict, GBytes, GVariantType
-export GValue, GParamSpec, GTypeModule, _GValue
+export GValue, GParamSpec, GTypeModule, _GValue, GValueLike
 
 Maybe(T) = Union{T,Nothing}
 

src/GLib/gerror.jl

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ end
 
 GErrorException(err::GError) = GErrorException(err.domain, err.code, message(err))
 
+GError(e::GErrorException) = GError(e.domain, e.code, Base.unsafe_convert(Cstring,e.message))
+
 function check_err(err::Base.RefValue{Ptr{GError}})
     if err[] != C_NULL
         gerror = GError(err[])

src/GLib/gtype.jl

@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ _gc_unref(@nospecialize(x), ::Ptr{Nothing}) = gc_unref(x)
 gc_ref_closure(@nospecialize(cb::Function)) = (invoke(gc_ref, Tuple{Any}, cb), @cfunction(_gc_unref, Nothing, (Any, Ptr{Nothing})))
 gc_ref_closure(x::T) where {T} = (gc_ref(x), @cfunction(_gc_unref, Nothing, (Any, Ptr{Nothing})))
 
-# GLib ref/unref functions -- generally, you shouldn't be calling these
+"""
+    glib_ref(x::Ptr)
+
+Increments the reference count of a pointer managed by a GLib based library. Generally this function will just call a C function, e.g. `g_object_ref`. Most users will not ever need to use this function.
+"""
 function glib_ref(x::Ptr{GObject})
     ccall((:g_object_ref, libgobject), Nothing, (Ptr{GObject},), x)
 end
@@ -234,6 +238,12 @@ function glib_ref(x::GObject)
 end
 glib_ref(::Nothing) = nothing
 gc_unref(p::Ptr{GObject}) = glib_unref(p)
+
+"""
+    glib_unref(x::Ptr)
+
+Decrements the reference count of a pointer managed by a GLib based library. Generally this function will just call a C function, e.g. `g_object_unref`. Most users will not ever need to use this function.
+"""
 function glib_unref(x::Ptr{GObject})
     ccall((:g_object_unref, libgobject), Nothing, (Ptr{GObject},), x)
 end

src/GLib/gvalues.jl

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ struct GValue
     field3::UInt64
     GValue() = new(0, 0, 0)
 end
+const GValueLike = Union{Ref{GValue},GValue}
 # This should be a subtype of GBoxed and the above struct should be renamed to _GValue to be consistent with other boxed types
 const _GValue = GValue
 Base.zero(::Type{GValue}) = GValue()

src/displays.jl

@@ -40,7 +40,22 @@ pulse(progress::GtkProgressBar) = G_.pulse(progress)
 
 ## GtkSpinner
 
+"""
+    start(spinner::GtkSpinner)
+
+Start a GtkSpinner widget spinning. The purpose of this widget is to show that some operation is in process.
+
+Related GTK function: [`gtk_spinner_start`()]($(gtkdoc_method_url("gtk4","Spinner","start")))
+"""
 start(spinner::GtkSpinner) = G_.start(spinner)
+
+"""
+    stop(spinner::GtkSpinner)
+
+Stop a GtkSpinner. The purpose of this widget is to show that some operation is in process.
+
+Related GTK function: [`gtk_spinner_stop`()]($(gtkdoc_method_url("gtk4","Spinner","stop")))
+"""
 stop(spinner::GtkSpinner) = G_.stop(spinner)
 
 ## GtkStatusbar