[gtk-list] Re: GTK Markup Language

[tom mystery antar com (tom)]

   Phil Dawes wrote:

[VB]
 PD> Here's an example (form with a textbox and button in it):
[...]

this is the worst crap in gui programming i've ever seen, sorry. everyone who
ever had to work on a 640x480 display (even if only for a short time because of
a screwed up video driver) knows that static layouts in /absolute/ pixel
coordinates can make the whole application unusable. on my windoze box i once
had that screwed up video driver and if i hadn't guessed right at the keyboard
shortcut for applying the new one after changing it, i would still look at
640x480 in 16 colors, because all the "ok" and "apply" boxes were off the
bottom of the screen.

in short: i don't think visual basic is the right place to look for ideas on
how to do things. probably rather for how *not* . i'd really second xml
instead, or something else html like, as html is much closer to gtk in not
fixing the actual layout to absolute coordinates and things, but rather
concentrating on the contents.