Re: gEDA-dev: gEDA + libglade

[Stuart Brorson <sdb-at-NOSPAMcloud9_dot_net>]

> Why not use libglade to parse gEDA's interfaces dinamically??

Ummmm, is there any benefit to the *user* in such a change?  Does it
make gschem/gattrib/etc any more powerful or easy to use?

> It would make the code really easier to understand... we would only
> need signal_handlers instead of coding the whole interface. And also,
> would become a lot easier to modify the interface. One would just need
> glade-2 (or glade-3 or gazpacho) to create a whole new interface...

If the only benefit is for the developers, then why bother?  They
already know how the windowing system works.   It's a minor
improvement, not worth the bother, disruption, and bugs which would
result IMO.

A better place for work might be to put DOxygen comments
into libgeda so we can get clear API documentation.

Also, a project which really does need work is the re-vamping of the
data structures to support hierarchy.  Peter and Peter are working on
this.....   If you're interested in helping, maybe they can provide
some pointers about what to do.

Stuart



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