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#ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPLICATION_H
#define GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPLICATION_H

#include <gtkmm.h>

class ExampleAppWindow;

class ExampleApplication: public Gtk::Application
{
protected:
  ExampleApplication();

public:
  static Glib::RefPtr<ExampleApplication> create();

protected:
  // Override default signal handlers:
  void on_startup() override;
  void on_activate() override;
  void on_open(const Gio::Application::type_vec_files& files,
    const Glib::ustring& hint) override;

private:
  ExampleAppWindow* create_appwindow();
  void on_hide_window(Gtk::Window* window);
  void on_action_preferences();
  void on_action_quit();
};

#endif /* GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPLICATION_H */

#ifndef GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPWINDOW_H_
#define GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPWINDOW_H_

#include <gtkmm.h>

class ExampleAppWindow : public Gtk::ApplicationWindow
{
public:
  ExampleAppWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject,
    const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& refBuilder);

  static ExampleAppWindow* create();

  void open_file_view(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::File>& file);

protected:
  Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> m_refBuilder;
  Gtk::Stack* m_stack;
  Gtk::MenuButton* m_gears;
};

#endif /* GTKMM_EXAMPLEAPPWINDOW_H */

#include "../step1/main.cc"
// Equal to the corresponding file in step1

#include "exampleappwindow.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>

ExampleAppWindow::ExampleAppWindow(BaseObjectType* cobject,
  const Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder>& refBuilder)
: Gtk::ApplicationWindow(cobject),
  m_refBuilder(refBuilder),
  m_stack(nullptr),
  m_gears(nullptr)
{
  // Get widgets from the Gtk::Builder file.
  m_stack = m_refBuilder->get_widget<Gtk::Stack>("stack");
  if (!m_stack)
    throw std::runtime_error("No \"stack\" object in window.ui");

  m_gears = m_refBuilder->get_widget<Gtk::MenuButton>("gears");
  if (!m_gears)
    throw std::runtime_error("No \"gears\" object in window.ui");

  // Connect the menu to the MenuButton m_gears.
  // (The connection between action and menu item is specified in gears_menu.ui.)
  auto menu_builder = Gtk::Builder::create_from_resource("/org/gtkmm/exampleapp/gears_menu.ui");
  auto menu = menu_builder->get_object<Gio::MenuModel>("menu");
  if (!menu)
    throw std::runtime_error("No \"menu\" object in gears_menu.ui");

  m_gears->set_menu_model(menu);
}

//static
ExampleAppWindow* ExampleAppWindow::create()
{
  // Load the Builder file and instantiate its widgets.
  auto refBuilder = Gtk::Builder::create_from_resource("/org/gtkmm/exampleapp/window.ui");

  auto window = Gtk::Builder::get_widget_derived<ExampleAppWindow>(refBuilder, "app_window");
  if (!window)
    throw std::runtime_error("No \"app_window\" object in window.ui");

  return window;
}

void ExampleAppWindow::open_file_view(const Glib::RefPtr<Gio::File>& file)
{
  const Glib::ustring basename = file->get_basename();

  auto scrolled = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::ScrolledWindow>();
  scrolled->set_expand(true);
  auto view = Gtk::make_managed<Gtk::TextView>();
  view->set_editable(false);
  view->set_cursor_visible(false);
  scrolled->set_child(*view);
  m_stack->add(*scrolled, basename, basename);

  try
  {
    char* contents = nullptr;
    gsize length = 0;
    
    file->load_contents(contents, length);
    view->get_buffer()->set_text(contents, contents+length);
    g_free(contents);
  }
  catch (const Glib::Error& ex)
  {
    std::cout << "ExampleAppWindow::open_file_view(\"" << file->get_parse_name()
      << "\"):\n  " << ex.what() << std::endl;
  }
}

#include "exampleapplication.h"
#include "exampleappwindow.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <exception>

ExampleApplication::ExampleApplication()
: Gtk::Application("org.gtkmm.examples.application", Gio::Application::Flags::HANDLES_OPEN)
{
}

Glib::RefPtr<ExampleApplication> ExampleApplication::create()
{
  return Glib::make_refptr_for_instance<ExampleApplication>(new ExampleApplication());
}

ExampleAppWindow* ExampleApplication::create_appwindow()
{
  auto appwindow = ExampleAppWindow::create();

  // Make sure that the application runs for as long this window is still open.
  add_window(*appwindow);

  // A window can be added to an application with Gtk::Application::add_window()
  // or Gtk::Window::set_application(). When all added windows have been hidden
  // or removed, the application stops running (Gtk::Application::run() returns()),
  // unless Gio::Application::hold() has been called.

  // Delete the window when it is hidden.
  appwindow->signal_hide().connect(sigc::bind(sigc::mem_fun(*this,
    &ExampleApplication::on_hide_window), appwindow));

  return appwindow;
}

void ExampleApplication::on_startup()
{
  // Call the base class's implementation.
  Gtk::Application::on_startup();

  // Add actions and keyboard accelerators for the menu.
  add_action("preferences", sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ExampleApplication::on_action_preferences));
  add_action("quit", sigc::mem_fun(*this, &ExampleApplication::on_action_quit));
  set_accel_for_action("app.quit", "<Ctrl>Q");
}

void ExampleApplication::on_activate()
{
  try
  {
    // The application has been started, so let's show a window.
    auto appwindow = create_appwindow();
    appwindow->present();
  }
  // If create_appwindow() throws an exception (perhaps from Gtk::Builder),
  // no window has been created, no window has been added to the application,
  // and therefore the application will stop running.
  catch (const Glib::Error& ex)
  {
    std::cerr << "ExampleApplication::on_activate(): " << ex.what() << std::endl;
  }
  catch (const std::exception& ex)
  {
    std::cerr << "ExampleApplication::on_activate(): " << ex.what() << std::endl;
  }
}

void ExampleApplication::on_open(const Gio::Application::type_vec_files& files,
  const Glib::ustring& /* hint */)
{
  // The application has been asked to open some files,
  // so let's open a new view for each one.
  ExampleAppWindow* appwindow = nullptr;
  auto windows = get_windows();
  if (windows.size() > 0)
    appwindow = dynamic_cast<ExampleAppWindow*>(windows[0]);

  try
  {
    if (!appwindow)
      appwindow = create_appwindow();

    for (const auto& file : files)
      appwindow->open_file_view(file);

    appwindow->present();
  }
  catch (const Glib::Error& ex)
  {
    std::cerr << "ExampleApplication::on_open(): " << ex.what() << std::endl;
  }
  catch (const std::exception& ex)
  {
    std::cerr << "ExampleApplication::on_open(): " << ex.what() << std::endl;
  }
}

void ExampleApplication::on_hide_window(Gtk::Window* window)
{
  delete window;
}

void ExampleApplication::on_action_preferences()
{

}

void ExampleApplication::on_action_quit()
{
  // Gio::Application::quit() will make Gio::Application::run() return,
  // but it's a crude way of ending the program. The window is not removed
  // from the application. Neither the window's nor the application's
  // destructors will be called, because there will be remaining reference
  // counts in both of them. If we want the destructors to be called, we
  // must remove the window from the application. One way of doing this
  // is to hide the window. See comment in create_appwindow().
  auto windows = get_windows();
  for (auto window : windows)
    window->hide();

  // Not really necessary, when Gtk::Widget::hide() is called, unless
  // Gio::Application::hold() has been called without a corresponding call
  // to Gio::Application::release().
  quit();
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gresources>
  <gresource prefix="/org/gtkmm/exampleapp">
    <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">window.ui</file>
    <file preprocess="xml-stripblanks">gears_menu.ui</file>
  </gresource>
</gresources>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<interface>
  <menu id="menu">
    <section>
      <item>
        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_Preferences</attribute>
        <attribute name="action">app.preferences</attribute>
      </item>
    </section>
    <section>
      <item>
        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_Quit</attribute>
        <attribute name="action">app.quit</attribute>
      </item>
    </section>
  </menu>
</interface>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<interface>
  <object class="GtkApplicationWindow" id="app_window">
    <property name="title" translatable="yes">Example Application</property>
    <property name="default-width">600</property>
    <property name="default-height">400</property>
    <property name="hide-on-close">True</property>
    <child type="titlebar">
      <object class="GtkHeaderBar" id="header">
        <child type="title">
          <object class="GtkStackSwitcher" id="tabs">
            <property name="stack">stack</property>
          </object>
        </child>
        <child type="end">
          <object class="GtkMenuButton" id="gears">
            <property name="direction">none</property>
          </object>
        </child>
      </object>
    </child>
    <child>
      <object class="GtkBox" id="content_box">
        <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
        <child>
          <object class="GtkStack" id="stack"/>
        </child>
      </object>
    </child>
  </object>
</interface>