Hello Monks,

I'm using perl's Gtk2 class for the first time and I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out how the heck those
options work for attaching an object to a table.

I found a couple different sites that "try" to explain what each option is, but it really doesn't make much sense to me
and every site I found say the EXACT same thing, almost word-for-word, so it really isn't helpful...

I know the format of attaching a "widget/object" to the table is like so:

### ATTACHING TO A "TABLE":
$table->attach( $child,            $table->attach_defaults( $child,
          $left_attach,                         $left_attach,
          $right_attach,                        $right_attach,
          $top_attach,        --OR--            $top_attach,
          $bottom_attach,                       $bottom_attach);
          $xoptions,
          $yoptions,
          $xpadding,
          $ypadding );
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So in the explanations I found they say the left/right_attach are for where to place the object in the table so if my table
looks like this:

+-----+-----+
|     |     |
+-----+-----+
|     |     |
+-----+-----+
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I was under the assumption, and according to the explanations I found, the first 2 options after the $child object are for where I
want to place the object within the table. So if I wanted my $button in the top left quadrant I would do:

$button->attach_defaults($button, 0, 0, ?, ?);
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But that will just throw an error saying something like; "assertion 'left_attach < right_attach' failed at ...."


Would it be possible if someone could explain to me what exactly each one of those options actually do?
I'm really confused about the left/right/top/bottom_attach options will actually do..??

Any suggestions/explanations would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks in Advance,
Matt