Hello. NMEdit was mentioned in my list. I'm in their devel list but it has been quite quiet.
I will check Graphviz better in a few days but can one make Quasimodo or Nord Modular type "graphs" with it? In a quick look I saw some composite icons (not widgets?), but I feel Graphviz is not very usable for us. -*- Both the standalone editor and the embedded editor would be needed. Standalone editor could use sockets and shared memory for communicating between the editor and application. Embedded editor could be launch by filling in a callback table and calling the editor: GtkWidget *editor; editor = editor_create(callbacktable); gtk_widget_show(editor); It could be slightly more complex if GTK is not the only supported toolkit. We also could have editor_menu_create() if one wants attach the editor related menu to application's menubar. -*- Should we provide a standard (XML script?) for building module interfaces? New GUI widgets would be included as soon as somebody writes them. This kind of approach would be needed in creating plugin GUIs and environments (a la Logic Audio). Should we allow module author to code the GUI for the module using directly GTK? How GMPI handles the plugin GUIs? I see that we would do an overlapping work here. -*- Assume I have written a module GUI with GTK. I load the calling function to the editor and create the GUI with modulewidget = mymodule_create_gui(); gtk_widget_show(modulewidget); Now, can I trace the whole widget hierarchy starting from "modulewidget"? In GTK, can one attach names to the widgets? E.g., I have a small pixmap of a connector where a cable is plugged in. I want name all these widgets as "connector". Then in the editor I would search all connectors by tracing the widget hierarchy and looking for "connector" names. We need to know where these connectors are located because we want be able to plug the cables in. Alternatively we could describe the locations in a file, but then we would be bound to the fixed shape GUIs. -*- In gtk related mailing lists I have already suggested a general way how to implement a zoom in the editor (Widget Portal). If that is not possible in GTK, then I see no other way than write new widgets with a zoom ability. Regards, Juhana
