Re: component architecture

[Jason Gilbert <jason scott net>]

John D. Heintz wrote:
> 
> > We'll use the CORBA Event Service as the core of the event manager.
> >
> > Basically all of our "additions" will be just convention:
> >
> >
> > * Conventions for event types.
> >
> > * Conventions for event naming
> >
> > * Our service will be located at a particular place in the namespace

I have some questions for you about the Event Service.  At a time when I
actually had some time I read through alot of stuff about it.  I guess
my main question is will there be one event channel per user or one main
gnome event channel for a machine that multiple users use.  Obviously,
there could be one gnome event channel for the whole LAN using CORBA. 
However, w/ the multiple user issues we would have to have filtering in
the Event Service.  There is the yet-to-be-an-official-standard
Notification Service that will supply this as an extension of the Event
Service.

One other question,  I've seen people mention things about having a
favorite editor or browser or whatever.  Couldn't this be implemented
using the Trader Service (which someone is working on for mico).  then
at some point you favorite browser is registered, etc and when you want
an "object" to view an html file you ask the Trader Service and it gives
you the program you prefer.  Sort of like the ToolTalk Server in CDE
(they mentioned it in the article on CDE in the latest LJ).

jason

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