From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21542 invoked by alias); 19 Nov 2003 20:03:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 21533 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2003 20:03:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO garm.central.cmich.local) (141.209.15.48) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 19 Nov 2003 20:03:25 -0000 Received: from leon.phy.cmich.edu ([141.209.165.20]) by egate1.central.cmich.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:01:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by leon.phy.cmich.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088CF7001D; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:01:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:04:00 -0000 From: Eric McDonald To: Lincoln Peters Cc: Hans Ronne , Xconq list Subject: RE: UI proposal In-Reply-To: <1069268813.29637.130206.camel@odysseus.peterslan> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Nov 2003 20:01:40.0252 (UTC) FILETIME=[F2481DC0:01C3AED7] X-SW-Source: 2003/txt/msg00803.txt.bz2 On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Lincoln Peters wrote: > The comments that follow in this message assume that (most of) the > developers still want to use SDL for a new Xconq interface. I am still have much to learn about both GTK and SDL, but I am not sure that these two things are diametrically opposed. I can see using SDL to do cross-platform graphics/video work, while using GTK to do cross-platform UI work (similar to my suggestion about wxWindows). The downside is that this makes Xconq have two external software dependencies instead of one.... Also, I could be way off base here. Like I said, I will research it more this weekend. > Using dock items in GTK+/GNOME interfaces, it is possible not only to > move a dock item from one edge of the screen to another, but also to > turn a dock item into a floating window. That would very closely mimic > the behavior of the Mac interface. How difficult would it be do set > that up using SDL? One thing that any solution should address is whether layout managers are available. Being able to plop down a window or any other component and have the other components be rearranged in an aesthetically pleasing manner with minimal functional impedance to the user and with minimal guidance from the programmer is a desirable trait. Eric