Re: Gui

["Edward A. Falk" <falconer best com>]

> On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 09:32:55AM -0800, Edward A. Falk wrote:
> > Hi all; I updated the gui interface slightly.
> >
> > 	http://www.best.com/~falconer/xplan.gif
>
>    Looks nice. Was this done with the Glade interface builder? I
> haven't played with it for about 6 months, at that time it was
> already very usable for real work.

Thanx.  I usually start a project off with glade, but then stop
using it and start hand-customizing the code.  I abandoned glade
pretty early in this project because glade doesn't know about some
gnome features such as the AppHelper.  I also have some issues with
the glade coding style.

I've used GUI builders for other APIs too, such as Motif, and I
always go back to hand-coding.

>    Just a suggestion for those that want to get moving on a GUI;
> How about a text design document that shows the layout of all the
> menus?  A set of indented lists with explanations as needed. That
> makes it easier for eveyone to see the big picture, and spot
> possible problem areas before they become unmanagable. Example
> format;

Ask and ye shall receive.  I'll send my working notes along in my next
post.