Re: [Libegg] Versioning of UI files

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 06:14, Biswapesh Chattopadhyay wrote:

> And, here' an example UI file for libegg menu:
> ------------------------------------
> <!--*- xml -*-->
> <Root>
>   <menu>
>     <submenu name="FileMenu" verb="StockFileMenuAction">
>       <menuitem name="New" verb="NewAction" pos="top" />
>       <separator />
>       <menuitem name="Quit" verb="QuitAction" />
>     </submenu>
>   </menu>
>   <dockitem name="toolbar1">
>     <placeholder name="ToolbarPlaceholder">
>       <toolitem name="Quit" verb="QuitAction" />
>       <separator />
>     </placeholder>
>   </dockitem>
> </Root>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> IMO, it makes sense to do away with the '<Root>' element and replace it
> one or more '<gtkui name="name" version="version">. This will have two
> uses:
> 
> 1. Check and verify name while loading/unloading like we have in
> libglade. Also, store multiple UI groups in a single file and load one
> or more depending on the name.
> 2. Having a version number will help in storing customized layouts, i.e.
> the customized layout will store the version number, and if the version
> number of the core layout changes, the customized layout becomes invalid
> and won't be loaded. This will help with widgets like ToolbarEditor and
> menu/action customization.

No real comment on the proposal, but not that a properly formed XML
file must have exactly one root node. 

Regards,
                                              Owen