Re: [Vala] gtkaml 0.2.10 released

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

it is just more static, which results in faster execution and less memory
consumption.

On Sat, 15 May 2010 21:05:08 +0200
Luca Bruno <lethalman88 gmail com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 09:56:12PM +0300, Vlad Grecescu wrote:
> > Gtkaml is an markup language that reuses the Vala compiler to write Gtk+
> > widgets through casual XML.
> >
> > <HBox homogeneous="false">
> >       <Label label="_Hello" with-mnemonic="true" expand="false"
> > fill="false"/>
> >       <Entry g:public="my_entry" text="World! "/>
> > </HBox>
> >
> > Features:
> >   * compact XML syntax for describing Gtk widgets
> >   * code 'islands' (written in Vala) - for signal handling and other code in
> > your widget class (so you don't modify the generated code ever)
> >   * doesn't depend on an external library at run-time (other than Gtk+)
> >   * much more readable than the usual UI boilerplate (e.g. you don't need to
> > worry about temporary variables, or ever write hundreds of lines of code)
> >  * no Gtk+ magic - gtkaml can be used for any component/widget library,
> > given that the composition method selection is specified in the *.implicits
> > file
>
> Can I ask why not GtkBuilder? Also why generate Vala code?
>
>
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