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- From: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Subject: Re: CFD: Icon names in templates
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.100256.27370@gate.esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
- Originator: tytgat@rilke
- Sender: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Reply-To: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Organization: K.U.Leuven, Belgium
- References: <4814@svin09.info.win.tue.nl> <1992Dec14.223454.12513@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:02:56 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Dec14.223454.12513@cs.aukuni.ac.nz> jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA) writes:
- > [...]
- >But there is more... He has got an official file allocation from
- >Acorn for a new template file format, with the hope of making a
- >new template format, as well as releasing C code (or possibly even a
- >module) to allow programs to load the new template format and
- >'emulate' all the new features by a combination of new code
- >and use of existing WIMP constructs.
-
- This is interesting. Would you mind asking him to reveal the new template
- format ? Maybe we have some suggestions for improvement.
-
- >Some of the ideas i have seen/suggested for this format are:
- >
- > [new features deleted]
- >
- >Thus, the template format would allow editing of a much greater amount of the
- >interface without having to alter the program at all. Ideally, you should
- >be able to radically alter the look & feel of the application, it's menus
- >and key-bindings, ALL with a single template editor package.
- >
- >So any suggestions I will collect and pass on to him if he doesn't get them
- >for himself...
-
- - multi file editing
- - selection of icons in the template editor <> selected icons in the
- window definition (unlike in the otherwise excellent TemplEd)
- - nice structured C source where we easily can add our own tools ;-)
- Or even better :
- A modular approach like in ArtWorks would be 'creme de la creme' : so we
- could share our tools without having to hack the C source.
- - output of a text file containing all the menu, icon & window text. This
- file could be used as input for the MessageTrans module.
- - grouped icones (like in Draw)
- - print facilities
- - ...
-
- John
- BASS
-