On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 22:51 -0400, Local wrote: > On Sun, 2004-04-18 at 19:49 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote: > > > > Conclusion, there is effort duplication : Evolution and GnomeMeeting > > > > will both have their own address book (sharing the same backend which is > > > > better) when there could be only one specialized program to do it. > > > > > > This was the purpose of e-d-s, don't confuse the UI of the app with the > > > data storage mechanism. The gnome meeting guys are already looking at > > > using the e-d-s data storage mechanism. Whether the gui part is in > > I was actually thinking about sending a mail to the list about this > particular topic so I'll throw in my .02 > > I've been poking at planner e-d-s integration today and yesterday and it > occurred to me that alot of applications (ideally) are going to need > basic gui access to e-d-s. It seems to make sense to use consistent > dialogs across applications for things like: > > Choosing one or more calendars from the list available. > Searching the address book, and displaying results. > Selecting contacts from the list. > modifying all data types > etc. > > most of these exist in evolution, it makes more sense to have a set of > useful e-d-s interface dialogs in a separate lib maybe? > yes, some of the widgets in Evo should probably be public for other apps to use them. Not sure if as part of e-d-s or as part of evolution, as they are now.
> My current line of thinking is to use the glade files directly > from /usr/.../1.5/glade/. > ugh, that's a bad idea, if the glade file changes, you'll be screwed. cheers _______________________________________________ evolution-hackers maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
