Cool Anjuta prefs feature [Was: CrackPipe]

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Biswapesh Chattopadhyay">

> Basically, it's the reverse approach of CrackPipe: instead of specifying
> the keys and generating the UI from it, you use Glade to specify your
> dialog(s) and the preferences get created from it. The plus side is that
> you get to use Glade to get nice control over the Preferences GUI. Also,
> adding a new preference is as simple as adding a widget to the dialog.

Sounds cool - does it encourage forward/backward key compatibility? If you
change anything about the widgets (type, name, label, etc), does Anjuta warn
the developer that they're changing their schema incompatibly?

That might be a cool feature, if it doesn't already.

Sounds great! Thanks,

- Jeff

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