RE: UI Rantings [was: Re: gmc and file-selection mockups]

[Rowan van der Molen <bigsmoke usa net>]

At 08:19 30-12-98 -0800, you wrote:
>You could modularize the open dialog code. Then if anyone wants something
>different, they could just replace the module. That seems to be the easiest
>solution.
>
exactly

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Dirk Luetjens [SMTP:dirk@Elfe.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, December 30, 1998 8:07 AM
>> To:	Gleef
>> Subject:	Re: UI Rantings [was: Re: gmc and file-selection mockups]
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> while this discussion goes on and on, I will ask again wether it isn't
>> possible to change the implemention of the open-dialog via themes (or
>> possibly via CORBA, or better said, via replaceable objects). In this
>> case gnome could ship with a simplistic open.dialog. On the other
>> hand the power user is able to change his/her implementation to the
>> preferred one. 
>> 
>> This sounds a bit oversized, but as we see, there is no end to this
>> discussion. And on the other hand, in an object environment the user
>> should be able to exchange every object, even if it doesn´t make sence
>> in the most cases. 
>> 
>> Why not call the kde open file dialog via corba, or whatever while
>> using a kde theme, or the gnustep file dialog while using a gnustep
>> theme. This sounds somewhat stupid, but if we are living in an object
>> model environment and the interface to the open dialog is 
>> standardized, the implementation could change without breaking
>> functionality. And in the case of the open-dialog the interface
>> between the application and the dialog is very easy:
>> 
>> open dialog -> set dir. -> set filter -> get filename 
>> (or somenthing like this)
>> 
>> All the other things, we are discussiong about, like printing,
>> renaming and so on, is all handled in the dialog itself, and has no
>> influence on the application. 
>> 
>> Just an idea. Think about it.
>> 
>> Dirk
>> 
>> P.S. I would like to provide more than ideas, but gnome is running to
>> fast that I could catch up in the spare freetime I have beneath my
>> diploma thesis. Perhaps next year.
>> 
>> P.P.S Where can I read about the theme implementation in gtk? I would
>> like to now how it works. Someday I came across the berlin project
>> home page. As far as I remember they are building everything upon
>> CORBA, so that every widget could be exchanged easily. Is the theming
>> environment perhaps somewhat like a very light CORBA environment?
>> 
>> 
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