[gst-devel] Using g_singal_emit() in GStreamer

[José Alburquerque]

On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 17:54 +0100, Sebastian Dröge wrote:
> Yes, signals with G_SIGNAL_ACTION are meant to be emitted from outside
> the element and are handled inside the element. Signals without that
> flag should be connected to by the outside and are emitted from inside
> the element. That's the same as for the few action signals in GTK :)
> 
> For gstreamermm you probably want to provide convenience methods for
> these action signals. The C# bindings have this

Thanks for your reply, it's really appreciated.  Some plug-ins have
"action signals" with no return.  For example, fakesrc's "handoff"
signal (which looks to be registered with the G_SIGNAL_ACTION flag)
returns void.  Others don't have parameters either like queue's
"underrun" signal.

Sorry if it's a simple question, but what would be the purpose of
emitting these signals from the outside as opposed to within the
plug-ins?  Thanks for any answers.

-- 
José