RE: Would love some feedback on my tutorial...

["Vlietstra, Joe (SSD)" <Joe Vlietstra ngc com>]

On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 23:19 -0700, email micahcarrick com wrote:
> > If any of you have any free time and would like to look over
> > this tutorial I wrote on getting started with Glade and Anjuta

From: Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com
> Code generation with Glade is silly. People should use libglade.

I agree that libglade is adequate for typical desktop applications
but Glade-generated code can be a useful starting point for more
interesting applications.

We use GTK+ for satellite test equipment and there are various
AIAA/ISO/USAF requirements regarding font sizes, colors, focus
order, etc., that contradict normal human interface guidelines.
For example, since most satellite test operations are 24/7 there
are restrictions on window customization, movement, and resizing.
(Test operators are unpleasantly surprised when windows have been
customized during the previous shift.  This is a minor annoyance
when there are only 1 or 2 displays, we have up to 12 displays.)

We find Glade-generated code to be helpful in this environment.
We use Glade to generate code for the top-level layout and to
generate the initial code for a particular display.  After a
design iteration or two with Glade, we copy the Glade-generated
code into its own code module, remove the display from the Glade
project, and modify the Glade-generated code to meet our
requirements.