here goes:
1) The <project> tag and it's children. I've said this before, this
shouldn't be in the xml file. None of the information is useful
for applications that want to work with the interface described in
the xml file. They are all project settings belonging in some
.ini like file, along with a line
project_xml_file=nameofxmlfile.glade
Putting it in the xml file is like putting the source in that file
too, so we don't have too many files. It describes a totally
different sort of information, it should not be there.
2) The <child> tag. This has several problems.
a) It's being used for different things. A child of a GtkBox is
not the same as a child of a GtkTable. These should have
different names, so you don't have the same tag containing
different attributes/elements
b) It's in completely the wrong place. the data in <child>
is not a part of the child widget, it's a part of the
container.
3) Labels in buttons. Creating a button, and just filling in a label
generates a different result than creating a button, removing
the original label, and putting a label of your own in its
place. This is wrong. You can't change the properties of the
former label, and they don't even get stored.
4) CLists. Apart from not being completely controllable from within
glade, they have the following problems
a) It's children are currently the row title widgets. The way
it should be is clist->colums->titlewidget. A column has
several properties currently not settable and
b) the column-width is part of a column, not something that
should be a property of the clist widget as a comma seperated
list.
This list is probably far from complete, but I think it clearly
shows how the current structure ('simple' indeed!) is wrong, thus
warranting a rewrite. And, again, if we're going to rewrite it
anyway, why not pick up the advantages of attributes as we go.
Martijn
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Martijn van Beers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
'Don't worry if it sounds odd. Believe me, you are talking to
someone who has seen a lot of stuff that is odd. And I don't
mean biscuits.' --- Arthur Dent
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