Re: I need a basic tutorial for GUI creation using Cambalache

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On Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 at 8:32 AM, Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am a retired software engineer with a background in assembler, C and
> C++.
> 
> I now dabble (mostly for my own amusement) in various bits and pieces,
> mostly in Python nowadays.  I have written quite a lot of Python
> command line programs to run in a terminal.  I have also written a
> couple of simple Python GUI programs using PyGObject and Gtk. This is
> all on Debian/Linux.
> 
> I want to go a bit further and it appears that the most obvious next
> step is to use Cambalache which has taken over from Glade as the
> default GUI builder for Gnome/GTK.
> 
> The problem is that there appear to be no tutorials for Cambalache. I
> can find how to install it (which I had done already without problems)
> but I can't find anywhere that simply runs through the sequence of
> actions required to build a working Python GUI using Cambalache.
> 
> I'm sort of aware that Cambalache creates an XML file that represents
> the GUI and that XML file has to be processed somehow (by GTKBuilder?)
> to make a running GUI program.  I need a bit more help in
> understanding the actual process though.
> 
> Can anyone point me at anything that might help?
> 
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I don't know how you feel about AI but I would suggest asking ChatGtP or on of the other ones. I am like you, I enjoy programming and have been using Python for my own use for awhile now.

Recently I started to learn Textual. I was asking ChatGTP some questions but soon ran out of free use. I liked it so well I subscribed to the plus version. I don't ask it to write stuff for me I use it when I get stuck. It is really like having a developer sitting next to you. With books and even online courses you ask a question and it may take days to get answer.

You can set your own ground rules for it. It know what book I am using and it does not answer questions with info from a future chapter. I have gotten some of the best explanations ever since I have been using it.

Regards, Jim
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