Re: Menu Premise (was Re: tmfkap, File, &c)

[Ric Klaren <ia_ric cs utwente nl>]

On Fri, Aug 07, 1998 at 02:30:51AM -0700, Dan Effugas Kaminsky wrote:
> >I have to agree with Michael. Even stronger it sometimes take hardly no
> >effort. If I look at my experience with GEM on the old ataris. Making a new
> >layout is just starting you gui designer (Resource Editor) create a new
> >.rsc file with other menu layout and if need be other dialog layout and
> >loading it into the app. But.. alas GTK isn't GEM...
> 
...
> Dude, coders aren't going to make two menus.  Can you imagine documenting
> such a thing?!?

That's the human factor so to say... theoretically it's a good idea..
practically that's another matter indeed.

> Anyway, scope based and task based literally demand different families of
> menu contents.  You wouldn't be able to just move 'em around.

Good point.

> Coders aren't going to do this work.  I, just thinking about it, can't
> really think how they would.

Some maybe would but the majority of them would not... I completely agree
with you =)

> *NOW*, if we want to have something like Menuthemes, which create alternate
> contexts and orders for menu contents, that's a different story!  Then, the
> coder codes as normal, and the psycho user(grin) who likes scope based gets
> his or her wish.

That would indeed be the way I guess.... (but I think that giving it a high
priority isn't the thing... guess you can agree with me on that one.. )

Ric
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