I don't know about the main distribution, but the code parser is being
actively worked on. I've almost completed Gnome support, and when I'm
happy with that, I have a few additions to Glade that I would like to
make (color/font support for widgets; more extensive support for Bonobo,
such as a drop-down list of all available Bonobo objects).
It does seem as though Glade is slowing down. I think Glade is
incredibly important to Gnome's future, as a good development tool can
attract hordes of developers. Right now Glade is usable only for
small-ish projects, for the most part because of the source code output
mechanisms. Once that is fixed, however, Glade will need constant
updates to support the latest Gnome technologies. Microsoft has kept
developers (relatively) happy by providing support for the latest
technologies in its VB/VC products. If it weren't for the tool support,
nobody would have used COM/OLE (ever written low-level IUnknown
implementations? Not fun).
We do need to have a consensus about where Glade needs to go in the
future. Here are just a handful of questions:
1. Should it remain a UI builder, or should it be integrated with
editors/project managers to create a complete IDE? If so, what should
the interfaces to these other tools be?
2. Should Glade provide a customization API so that developers can add
their own designers for their Gtk/Gnome/Bonobo widgets?
3. Should the XML format be overhauled? (As a code generation author, I
can tell you first hand that it needs work).
4. Should glade be a tool for entry-level programmers, exposing only the
most basic features of Gtk/Gnome, or should it be a power-user tool,
allowing endless customizability and flexibility?
Could we get a general status report from the developers? I know
someone is working on GtkExtra support. If you are working on Glade,
how about posting what you are working on?
John
Hongli Lai wrote:
>
> Is Glade now being actively developed or just maintained?
> When will active development continue?
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