Re: [Vala] gtkaml 0.2.11 and 0.2.12 released

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

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

Hi,

have you considered using a more JSON-like syntax instead of XML?
Example:

HBox {
    homogeneous: false
    Label {
        label: "_Hello"
        with-mnemonic: true
        expand: false
        fill: false
    }
    Entry {
        g:public: "my_entry"
        text: "World!
    }
}

(similar to JavaFX Script and QML)

Most people do not enjoy writing XML by hand. And the code islands
would not have to be embedded in <![CDATA[ ]]> blocks.

Otherwise I think people will not see the difference to loading the UI
at runtime via GtkBuilder.


Best regards,

Frederik