gsignal: Tidy up signal naming documentation

Since signal names are the same as property names, reference between the
two. Improve the formatting, and make it clearer that `_` is
discouraged.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>

Helps: #358
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Philip Withnall 2019-11-12 19:35:19 +00:00
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@ -1403,12 +1403,14 @@ g_signal_query (guint signal_id,
* Creates a new signal. (This is usually done in the class initializer.)
*
* A signal name consists of segments consisting of ASCII letters and
* digits, separated by either the '-' or '_' character. The first
* digits, separated by either the `-` or `_` character. The first
* character of a signal name must be a letter. Names which violate these
* rules lead to undefined behaviour of the GSignal system.
* rules lead to undefined behaviour. These are the same rules as for property
* naming (see g_param_spec_internal()).
*
* When registering a signal and looking up a signal, either separator can
* be used, but they cannot be mixed.
* be used, but they cannot be mixed. Using `-` is considerably more efficient.
* Using `_` is discouraged.
*
* If 0 is used for @class_offset subclasses cannot override the class handler
* in their class_init method by doing super_class->signal_handler = my_signal_handler.