Release 0.90.0

[gob-dx.git] / doc / gob.1.in

diff --git a/doc/gob.1.in b/doc/gob.1.in
index 51f8a12c5ff6b5a728980378dcf3df094662d012..ee42dd9d513f411bd20f384786ef6313aa803d0e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gob.1.in
+++ b/doc/gob.1.in
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ is one of the features of the GTK+ object system.  You need to define a get
 and a set handler.  They are fragments of C code that will be used to 
 get the value or set the value of the argument.  Inside them you can use the
 define ARG to which you assign the data or get the data.  You can also use
-the identifier "this" as pointer to the object instance.  The type is
+the identifier "self" as pointer to the object instance.  The type is
 defined as one of the gtk type enums, but without the GTK_TYPE_ prefix.
 For example:
 .nf
 
   public int height;
-  argument INT height set { this->height = ARG; } get { ARG = this->height; };
+  argument INT height set { self->height = ARG; } get { ARG = self->height; };
 
 .fi
 .PP
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ without the GTK_ARG_ prefix.  For example:
 .nf
 
   public int height;
-  argument (CONSTRUCT) INT height get { ARG = this->height; };
+  argument (CONSTRUCT) INT height get { ARG = self->height; };
 
 .fi
 .PP
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ to add code to the constructors or you can just leave them out.
 Argument lists:
 .PP
 For all but the init and init_class methods, you use the
-following syntax for arguments.  The first argument can be just "this",
+following syntax for arguments.  The first argument can be just "self",
 which gob will translate into a pointer to the object instance.  The rest
 of the arguments are very similar to normal C arguments.  If the
 typename is an object pointer you should use the syntax defined above
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ numeric arguments for being a certain value.  The test can be a <,>,<=,>=
 != or ==.  Example:
 .nf
   
-  public int foo(this, int h (check > 0 < 11), Gtk:Widget *w (check null type))
+  public int foo(self, int h (check > 0 < 11), Gtk:Widget *w (check null type))
 
 .fi
 .PP
-This will be the prototype of a function which has a this pointer
+This will be the prototype of a function which has a self pointer
 as the first argument, an integer argument which will be checked and has
 to be more then 0 and less then 11, and a pointer to a GtkWidget object
 instance and it is checked for being null and the type will also be
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ code enclosed in braces {}.  The braces will not be printed into the
 output, they just delimit the string.  For example
 .nf
 
-  public void * get_something(this, int i (check >= 0)) onerror NULL {
+  public void * get_something(self, int i (check >= 0)) onerror NULL {
          ...
   }
 
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ you define a signal.  One thing is when the default handler will be run,
 first or last.  You specify that by "first" or "last" right after the
 "signal" keyword.  Then you need to define the gtk enum types (again
 without the GTK_TYPE_ prefix).  For that you define the return types
-and the types of arguments after the "this" pointer (not including the
-"this" pointer).  You put it in the following syntax "<return type> (<list
+and the types of arguments after the "self" pointer (not including the
+"self" pointer).  You put it in the following syntax "<return type> (<list
 of arguments>)".  If the return type is void, the type should be "NONE",
 the same should be for the argument list.  The rest of the prototype is
 the same as for other method types.  The body can also be empty, and
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ signal just like a public method.  Example:
 .nf
 
   signal first INT(POINTER,INT)
-  int do_something(this, Gtk:Widget *w (check null type), int length)
+  int do_something(self, Gtk:Widget *w (check null type), int length)
   {
          ...
   }
   
 or
 
-  signal last NONE(NONE) void foo(this);
+  signal last NONE(NONE) void foo(self);
 
 .fi
 .PP
@@ -220,13 +220,13 @@ If you need to override some method (a signal or a virtual method
 of some class in the parent tree of the new object), you can define and
 override method.  After the "override" keyword, you should put the
 typename of the class you are overriding a method from.  Other then that
-it is the same as for other methods.  The "this" pointer in this case
+it is the same as for other methods.  The "self" pointer in this case
 should be the type of the method you are overriding so that you don't
 get warnings during compilation.  Example:
 .nf
 
   override (Gtk:Container) void
-  add (Gtk:Container *this (check null type), Gtk:Widget *wid (check null type))
+  add (Gtk:Container *self (check null type), Gtk:Widget *wid (check null type))
   {
          ...
   }
@@ -239,15 +239,15 @@ have to type the class name before each call.  Example:
 .nf
 
   private int
-  foo(this)
+  foo(self)
   {
-         return this->len;
+         return self->len;
   }
   
   private int
-  bar(this,int i)
+  bar(self,int i)
   {
-         return foo(this) + i;
+         return foo(self) + i;
   }
 
 .fi