Re: naming advice - Tk::RRGauge

2007-09-06 Thread Jerome Quelin
On 07/09/05 20:59 -0500, Ken Williams wrote: I'm sure the physical analog of your gauge has some specific name, could you search an electronics/mechanics supply shop and see what people call them? i've looked at wikipedia, without finding anything. therefore, i'll go with bill's proposition:

Re: naming advice - Tk::RRGauge

2007-09-06 Thread Jerome Quelin
On 07/09/06 11:50 +0200, Jerome Quelin wrote: i've looked at wikipedia, without finding anything. therefore, i'll go with bill's proposition: tk::gauge::rotating but since tk does not seem to like namespace with depths 2, i'll use Tk::RotatingGauge. jérôme -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

naming advice - Tk::RRGauge

2007-09-05 Thread Jerome Quelin
hi there, i wrote a tk module providing a new widget, based on a canvas. it's basically a gauge, but the kind of gauge where the current value always stays in the middle. a small drawing is worth a thousand words: (the pipe symbol reflects current value) [1 2 3 |4 5 6] value=3.75

Re: naming advice - Tk::RRGauge

2007-09-05 Thread Bill Ward
On 9/5/07, Jerome Quelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi there, i wrote a tk module providing a new widget, based on a canvas. it's basically a gauge, but the kind of gauge where the current value always stays in the middle. [...] Sounds like a very nifty gauge! because of this behaviour, i

Re: naming advice - Tk::RRGauge

2007-09-05 Thread Ken Williams
On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Jerome Quelin wrote: because of this behaviour, i was thinking of naming it Tk::RRGauge (RR meaning RoundRobin). When I saw RRGauge I assumed it was about the gauge of railroad tracks. Your ASCII picture only reinforced this notion. =) I'm sure the physical