On Dec 30, 2006, at 12:40 PM, sheila miguez wrote:
> I'm taking back my comment until I can provide specific improvements.
> but, subjectively, I found working with the sizers (by running
> AppWizard and then modifying the generated code) to be harder to work
> with than what I am accustomed to.
See my comment below. Also, since the AppWizard uses templates to
achieve the uniform look, you don't have "all the pieces" in one
place, which means that mentally you have to know what parts are
being added for you by the framework and what parts are generated by
the wizard, and how they fit together. I understand it, but that's
because I wrote some of the code that goes into it. Someone coming
from the outside would have to either understand a lot of the datanav
framework code or make some awfully lucky guesses.
>> Can you explain what you mean by 'geometry management'? Do you mean
>> management of form sizes/positions or something different?
>
> Yes, I mean that and not something different.
>
> for a reference point, I am used to working with tk's pack and grid
> (<http://wiki.tcl.tk/443>).
I imagine that if I switched from sizer-based design to pack and
grid design, I'd be even more lost. It's not that one or the other is
more or less confusing; it's that they approach layout from
completely different perspectives. When you are used to visualizing
you approach to laying out a form with one system, the other seems
sorta upside-down, y'know?
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