Re: new UI Handler conversion questions

[Michael Meeks <michael helixcode com>]

Hi John,

On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, John Sullivan wrote:
> I'm wondering about Nautilus's conversion to use the new Bonobo
> UIHandler. I've been following the threads to some extent but may have
> missed some crucial information, I'm not sure. Here's what I'm
> wondering:
>
> 1. What part (if any) of this conversion are you planning to do
> yourself?

        I am planning to do the majority of the grunt work, converting the
chunks of API by hand to xml.

> 2. When would it make sense for others to start trying to convert
> Nautilus over?

        Um; well, when I have something working I will send a patch to
Nautilus and then people can decide what to do with it, whether to develop
on a branch or, what. The best approach for getting it working quickly is
not always clear.

> 3. Is there documentation about how to do such a conversion?
  
        I'll just commit my new FAQ. The main pain in the process is the  
manual task of generating XML from the API calls; the documentation is
mainly that of example in bonobo/app.c bonobo/ui.xml but also read
ui-handler.txt, ui-faq.txt
  
        I'm currently polishing some of the inner workings of bonobo, but 
I hope to commit my major breakage to Evolution soon; then I'll start on
nautilus.
  
        Does that help ?
  
        Regards,
  
                Michael.

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