CoreGTK Style Guide

In general the following formats will be used when wrapping the GTK+ libraries.

A quick note about version numbers:

In order to quickly tell which version of GTK+ the CoreGTK release targets the versioning scheme includes the wrapped GTK+ version number.
For example if the currently supported GTK+ version is 3.18 then the first release of CoreGTK targeting that will be 3.18.0 and the second will be 3.18.1 and so on.

Prefer Objective-C Foundation types where it makes sense:

Given a GTK+ function that takes a primitive type, like a gint, as a parameter the CoreGTK version should maintain this type for speed and ease of use.
For some types it is beneficial to use Objective-C OpenStep classes instead of the GTK+ types. For example rather than using a gchar* use an NSString.
Many g-types can be handled this way. For example gchar* maps to NSString, gboolean maps to BOOL, etc.

Convert GTK+ new functions to Objective-C init methods:

For example:

gtk_dialog_new() would become -(id)init
gtk_file_chooser_button_new(const gchar *title, GtkFileChooserAction action) would become -(id)initWithTitle:(NSString *)title andAction:(GtkFileChooserAction)action

CoreGTK is meant to be a very thin wrapper:

Rather than convert the GTK+ properties to Objective-C properties, the Objective-C wrapped should simply implementation the original setters and getters.

Miscellaneous: