Fw: [Glade-users] Glade2 and gnomeui

[tysonlt webmedia com au (Tyson Lloyd Thwaites)]

Oops, now to finish the post! :)

It just seems like the druid/gnome stuff is a bit slow. When I click next,
my eye can perceive the window being layed out - even Java is faster than
that. Also, gnome_ok_dialog() takes a good few hundred millis to show up!
For a dialog!! It feels sluggish, I would think that C of all languages
would be the fastest there is for GUIs.

Just a thought perhaps. Maybe GTK itself is the culprit.

Tyson Lloyd Thwaites
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyson Lloyd Thwaites" <tysonlt webmedia com au>
To: "John (J5) Palmieri" <johnp martianrock com>
Cc: <glade-users lists ximian com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Glade-users] Glade2 and gnomeui


> Hi John,
>
> Thank you, you have been more than useful. I had a feeling the gnome
palette
> was only a line away!
>
> re the X/Y, all us gui developers know they are eveil, but....sheesh,
> sometimes I still like to use it. I guess I am still learning the GTK
> layouts as opposed to Java, and sometimes I just cave in and use the
> absolute layout. Sigh...
>
> Re the druid, the only problem I have is being forced into looking like
> gnome. Sometimes I do not want those cute arrows and crosses on my
buttons.
> I do not like the little strip down the side. I want the icon on the left,
> etc etc. Picky perhaps but that's how it is. Also, I wonder about the
> performance of stuff that has been linked with gnome libraries; I may
> speaking out of ignorance here
>
> Tyson Lloyd Thwaites
> Technical Lead
> I.T.& e Limited
> Level 1, 1 Alexandra Avenue
> ROSE PARK  SA  5067
>
> Phone:  (08) 8111 2800
> Fax:       (08) 8331 1735
> Email:    tysonlt webmedia com au
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John (J5) Palmieri" <johnp martianrock com>
> To: "Tyson Lloyd Thwaites" <tysonlt webmedia com au>
> Cc: <glade-users lists ximian com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Glade-users] Glade2 and gnomeui
>
>
> > On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 21:00, Tyson Lloyd Thwaites wrote:
> > > Hi you lot,
> > >
> > > I have just started on the road of C development (I do Java for a
> living),
> > > and I have had success with glade, ligblade, and anjuta. I recently
> decided
> > > I should probably upgrade my app to GTK2, glade2 etc. I can get my new
> app
> > > to compile, however I have the following two problems:
> > >
> > > 1.    libglade doesn't seem to know what the 'x' and 'y' property of a
> > > widget means anymore (I use a few absolute layouts)
> > X and Y are bad for most applications.  Not to say that it is
> > never useful but more often than not it leads to inconsistent UI.
> > GTK2 and Gnome2 strive for the consistency that GTK1 and Gnome1 lacked.
> > For X, Y layout I believe the GnomeCanvas widget is the prefered method
> > though don't quote me on that.  Check out the HIG for guidelines on
> > Gnome2 UI design (http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/).
> >
> > > 2.    where has the gnome UI palette group gone?
> > Your project is most likely being read as a GTK project.  To change this
> > edit your .glade file in a text editor and add this after the
> <glade-interface> tag:
> > <requires lib="gnome"/>
> >
> >
> > > I am using the stock Redhat 9 install. I see screenshots on the net of
> > > Glade2 with gnome showing - how I do 'make it so'?
> > >
> > > OTHERWISE: has anybody written an alternative to the gnome druid? That
> is
> > > the only component I am actually using.
> > The Druid is still the way to do it.
> >
> > > Thanks for helping a newbie.
> > No problem. Hope I have been at least a little helpful.
> >
> > --
> > J5