Re: background/font capplets

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

Is the new code at least available somewhere publicly so it can be tested
before we are all just told 'hey! see, we replaced this bit of
functionality almost everybody needs to use with with a cool new thingy in
beta3!'?

While having any expectation on pretty much anything seem quite pointless,
at elast a preliminary look at it before getting hit by it woul IMHO be
reasonable.

On 13 Mar 2002, Seth Nickell wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 06:31, Bradford Hovinen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 22:43, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > > So my understanding is that we have a grid:
> > > 
> > >         old backend     new backend
> > > old UI     A 
> > > new UI                     B
> > > 
> > > So we have A, and Seth wrote B; I haven't looked at the code, but I do
> > > understand Seth's point that adding the other two cells basically
> > > triples the work to make the change. If we're ending up at B anyway, I
> > > don't really get the point of the exercise, I have to admit.
> > > 
> > > What is the rationale here? Just ease of reviewing the patch? Or do
> > > you really only want half of it in the end?
> > 
> > Please allow me to clarify: My rationale for this is that, when properly
> > done, the patch to change the UI builds on the patch to change the
> > schemas. Only a minimal duplication of effort is required. I have
> > several issues with the patch that Seth wrote, particularly that it is
> > not using property editors (thus making long-term maintenance more
> > difficult) and that it relies heavily on global variables. There may be
> > a justification for this, but I have requested one and none has been
> > forthcoming. Hence my decision. I am also concerned, as you suggested,
> 
> I've already talked to you about the property editors. They are a
> semantically limited construct, and only useful when they are going to
> be re-used. The only thing not using a property editor are the toggle
> buttons, which need more care than a property editor can provide because
> of the preview images. Should I write a one-use throwaway background
> property editor?
> 
> -Seth
> 
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	Sander

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