Re: [Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-08 Thread Julian Bäume
On Thursday 07 January 2010 20:53:58 Alan Grimes wrote: > P Zoltan wrote: > > Except the plugin system, what other changes you don't like? The rework > > of the way the simulator interacts with the circuit? > > Okay, how do plugins work? How do I write a plugin? I know how to write > a linkable

Re: [Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-07 Thread Alan Grimes
P Zoltan wrote: >>> Someone linked a document from QUCS, describing the models used by >>> them >>> in simulation. That might be useful. >> Yeah, I've been using that. It does have it's limitations though. I >> think the most powerful approach is to factor everything down to it's >> most atomic

Re: [Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-07 Thread P Zoltan
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:53:58 +0100, Alan Grimes wrote: > P Zoltan wrote: > >>> C++ is a very difficult language. It takes no less than seven years to >>> master. Furthermore, the API's for linking in runtime modules are >>> obscure if not undocumented. If ktechlab is to take off, we need to >>>

Re: [Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-07 Thread Alan Grimes
P Zoltan wrote: >> C++ is a very difficult language. It takes no less than seven years to >> master. Furthermore, the API's for linking in runtime modules are >> obscure if not undocumented. If ktechlab is to take off, we need to >> provide the user the tools to add his own components without vent

Re: [Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-07 Thread P Zoltan
On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:31:50 +0100, Alan Grimes wrote: > > It finally dawned on my pathetically dim mind why I'm having such a hard > time preventing people from making drastic changes to the electronics > simulation prior to the KDE4 port. =\ > > That reason is that while everyone sees the sam

[Ktechlab-devel] Thinking like a Real Programmer (tm).

2010-01-05 Thread Alan Grimes
It finally dawned on my pathetically dim mind why I'm having such a hard time preventing people from making drastic changes to the electronics simulation prior to the KDE4 port. =\ That reason is that while everyone sees the same needs I do, they do not understand how I wish to approach them. Thi