On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:20:29 +0100
Glynn Clements
I doubt that anyone considers interface builders or an editres clone to be a priority
I sometimes wonder how the model we are designing will fit with interface builders. I personally think that an interface builder is an important priority. While I don't like RAD, I like using the right instrument for every purpose, and designing an interface seems like a task for a paint-like program. Or for a latex-like language, I am not sure :) So, to remain in-topic, how do you people think about a GUI builder written in CGA, for the CGA? Perhaps a requirement for the project is that we need to be able to create custom widget that "look like a button, but behave like a drawing", or something like this. That would mean to have a type for "looks", and that widget should have an optional attribute of that type; one should to be able to: get the "look" property for widget "A" and then set the "look" property for widget "B" with the value obtained by the former operation. There could be "look" type constants. I don't see a real path in the definition of such an interface, nor I can understand immediatly if it's mid-level or high-level. Maybe somebody has clearer ideas on this? Vincenzo