On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:
> What did you want to use toggle and radio options for?

I'd use radio options for the mutual exclusive drawing "modes:"   
select mode, draw arc, draw box, draw bus, draw circle, component,  
draw line, draw net, draw picture, draw pin, draw text, and zoom box.   
The radio group would automatically update as the internal state  
changes.  For example, canceling back to select mode or closing the  
text dialog.

I'd use toggle options for some of the items in the toggle menu.   
Toggle grid, snap, etc...

> We can't use GtkBuilder, its too new. Think GTK 2.6 as a lowest common
> denominator. (Might be bumped to GTK 2.8 for cairo goodness at some
> point soon though).

Cairo looks nice.  If the binary distribution must be compatible with  
with GTK 2.6, it might be nice to add Cairo with conditional  
compilation.  This way, users that build their own binaries can have it.

> I'm not sure anyone has anything against Glade, other than the extra
> dependency. I might be strange and old-fashioned, but I quite like the
> generation from C ;)

For a just toolbar and a popup menu, it is easy to generate from C.  I  
can't see creating another dependency just for a toolbar and a popup  
menu.

> A toolbar revamp would be a worthwhile project. I've often thought  
> more
> extensive (perhaps customisable) toolbar(s) could be useful to make
> things more discoverable to users familiar with everything being  
> point +
> click.

I'll begin working on it.  What is the best method for submitting  
patches?  Do I submit a patch at each iteration (stable/tested), or  
save them up and submit one big patch series?

Ed


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