Re: New Shapeset -- What Will I Need To Do...?

[Andrew S Halper <ashalper acm org>]

On 2002.08.30 06:02 Lars Clausen wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Andrew S. Halper wrote:
> > On 2002.08.29 12:11 Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> >> Tim,
> >> Le Thu, Aug 29, 2002, à 11:54:03AM -0400, Tim Ellis a écrit:
> >> > Now, I know things change quickly in the Open Source world, so
> I'm
> >> willing
> >> > to revisit this, but I'd like to get some advice from the GTK
> >> hackers
> >> > here.
> >> > Once I have my GTK program, I have clue 0 about how to convert
> this
> >> into
> >> > dialogues and interfaces to Dia.
> >> > Oh, and just asking this question terrifies me. Please be gentle.
> >> I've got very good news for you: writing new objects (if you're not
> >> aiming
> >> for an UML Class look-alike) is not that difficulty; StdProp
> objects
> >
> > Not an *exact* look-alike, but it seems like it would have quite a
> few
> > things in common with it--UML being a distant descendant of ERD
> > notations and such.
> [...]
> 
> I can only repeat my advice to do this in an incremental fashion.  By
> pushing the limits of the properties system, you make it better.
> Maybe
> it'll end up actually being able to do the entire UML class dialog.
> And I
> promise you, you'll be saved a *lot* of headache.  Just start with the
> things that can obviously be done with stdprops and bug us when you
> need
> more.

Yes, I agree.  I don't think I'm as squeamish about GTK programming as 
Tim, but it seems like StdProp is the thing to try first.  Just wish it 
was a wee more documented ;-)  Well, that's probably something I should 
do, rather than complain about.

Andy