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 _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list
