Re: [gtk-list] Re: GTK text widget (was Re: Proposal for a new project)

[Josh MacDonald <jmacd CS Berkeley EDU>]

> I've done some thinking... I wonder if it'd be useful to have two text
> widgets.  One exteremely simple one with just plain text, and a second
> for intense things that would allow embedding widgets and such.  I
> suspect the former would be useful for small apps that don't need the
> power of the later.
> 
> One comment, though... it should be a "rich text" widget, not and
> "HTML widget".  I don't think HTML parsing code really belongs in the
> widget proper.  I see something along the lines of the relationship
> between gtk_rc_parse stuff and GtkStyle objects.

This falls under the "GTK shall exhibit principles of good design" clause,
is that documented?

-josh