> Well, when I compare what I have in my old build area (downloaded > snapshot) to what I now see via CVS, they appear to be not there. It is > not clear to me where they would then be added from, or what technique > of "not there" was used other than deletion :)
Humm. I'm wrong then. I was under the assumption that the examples CVS folder was a relatively new addition:) > > Many previous examples (even the one's that work) use none > > standard coding, which just cause confusion - for me anyway:) > > I certainly have no objection to samples being modified to use standard > coding, but I'm not sure what non-standard coding was used that was > confusing. Many of the smaller examples are ok, but the larger examples use code that hacks into the internals (typically for functionality that now exists in base code). A smaller problem is that all of the old examples use OEM. > If there isn't time to update the sample to use better coding, one could > add some comments to it (no risk in adding comments) describing the > non-standard-ness of the coding, but leaving the sample for whatever > educational value it might have. ??? I learned a good bit of GUI > coding from those old samples, although I agree that I got a bit > confused by some of them, also. Good idea. I guess it's more of a question to who will do it?:) I don't mind doing a few, but perhaps someone should "own" the task and divide it out to those who are willing? > > Perhaps we should put a call out to the users list for ideas of what should > > be included (like the scrolling bitmap example you mentioned) and for > > volunteers to write them? > > I certainly have no objections to this activity, I can't imagine anyone > that would. Certainly if someone contributes a concise sample that > demonstrates some activity (and all the currently-in-CVS samples do > that, but so do some of the old ones :)), I would lobby for it to be > included in the samples directory. And if it is more than a file or 3, > probably to be included in a samples subdirectory. And once we go to > samples subdirectories, the samples wouldn't even need to be that > concise.... if they are showing a complex topic. Yeah, I agree. I like the idea of having simple examples for all controls/core functionality, (say treeview1.pl, treeview2.pl, listview1.pl etc), as well as more complete applications, such as win32::gui notepad, paint, calculator etc. Again it would take someone to own, organise and dish out the tasks. Cheers, jez.
