On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:00:59 +0100 Simon TRENY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:13:35 GMT, > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > > Simon writes: > > > > > > In a slightly different vein.. Is there something like > > > > the equivalent of e17's modules for the gui-toolkits -- does > > > > something like that even make sense? > > > I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. You can have > > > loadable widgets from a library, but there is no such things as > > > "modules" (i.e. plugins that may change the behavior of an Etk > > > apps). It may be a good idea, but I don't really see a use for > > > this for now. > > > > Well, let's say 'gui-modules' as loadable libs that would > > provide additional interesting (but possibly somewhat more specific) > > functionality than buttons/menus/... For example, et's say we have > > an "rss" feed module, or a "wether/forecast" one, or just a "clock", > > ... and that these could be embedded in normal toolkit widgets (in > > a menu or bar or whatnot). > > Yes, you can have additionnal widgets (clocks, rss, whatever, ...) in > loadable libraries. In fact, you can build external widgets because > you have access to all the methods for this in the Etk headers. I think this is what raster eventually wants with gadgets. To embed them in lots of interesting places apart from shelves.
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