Re: gEDA-dev: gEDA + libglade

["Felipe Balbi" <felipebalbi-at-NOSPAMusers_dot_sourceforge_dot_net>]

Hello Stuart,

I would like to help the project... :-)



On 4/3/07, Stuart Brorson <sdb@cloud9.net> wrote:
> > 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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Best Regards,

Felipe Balbi
felipebalbi@users.sourceforge.net


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