Gtk+ tips: Set value of properties in C

In C, if you want to set the value of certain property of a Gtk+ object, you can do it like so
gtk_<type>_set_<property> (GTK_<TYPE> (var_name), <value>);
For example, to set the title of a GtkWindow to "Hello World", do would write
gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Hello World");

This is fine, but what if you want to set the value of a bunch of properties, say for GtkWindow; "app-paintable", "default-width", "default-height", "resizable", and "modal", most beginner would write:

GtkWidget *window = gtk_window_new ();
gtk_widget_set_app_paintable (window), TRUE);
gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW (window), 100,100);
gtk_window_set_resizable (GTK_WINDOW (window), FALSE);
gtk_window_set_modal (GTK_WINDOW (window), TRUE);

Too many characters to type (229 characters excluding spaces and newlines).

I prefer the GObject way  to do this task. The following is the code which does the same thing as the code above, but by using g_object_set:

GtkWidget *window = gtk_window_new ();
g_object_set (G_OBJECT (window),
        "app-paintable", TRUE,
        "default-width", 100, "default-height", 100,
        "resizable", FALSE,
        "modal", TRUE,
        NULL); //the arguments must end with NULL

You have to type much less characters, only 130 characters.  You can also remove the G_OBJECT macro from the code above. Moreover, your code would look more beautiful (in my eyes at least). :)

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