RE: 2.4 Module List - zenity

[Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com>]

Hey there,

> Sure there is. You'll have to give the executable a different name, or
> confuse people when their scripts don't work with an older version. That
> might not be nice.

Um, think you're wrong here. Why would adding another option break an
old version of a script? :/

> That might not be easy without having clearly separate old and new APIs.
> 
> Actually I don't think it will be possible in practice to change the API
> ever, which kind of suggest it needs to be well-exercised before being
> frozen. Addition might be possible.

True enough, things could get complicated. Maybe I need to start
thinking in terms of deprecation - this is a long way off atm though.

> Are the scripting community using it. It would be nice for the scipts on
> that Nautilus scripting website to be pruned so that just the
> still-useful-with-GNOME2 ones remain, and they could be ported to zenity.

[shrug] 

I rarely use it myself ;)

> Is there high demand for TreeView functionality via zenity? I suspect it's
> going to get complicated/difficult fast.

Yeah, it's definitely one of the more useful dialogs.

		see ya,
			Glynn ;)