On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Allan Rae wrote:
> I don't want every file moved at once and in particular I only want one
> dialog per .fd file. When a new form is made gui-indep then its .fd
> should be in the xforms/forms. It doesn't necessarily have to be derived
> from the old .fd that it may have been in -- ie. you could design a new
> one or merge the ideas from the old tree with whatever changes have been
> made in the current tree.
>
> [snip big explanation of what's going on]
ok, thanks for all this !
unfortunately I must hold my breath and do real work for the next couple
of weeks :(
>
> Above all I recommend that you at least reuse the fdesign files from the
> lyx cvs module and take a look at how the various dialogs were handled
> there. That will also give you a chance to figure out which dialogs looks
> similar and can be derived from the same parent.
>
yes, no point re-inventing the wheel (unless the wheel was broken)
>
> Sure I'll post it sometime this weekend. (I'm at uni and it's at home at
> the moment)
>
great
> (%) Lars wants to keep the number of developers with cvs access small so
> I'm happy to be the conduit through which your code gets into LyX.
>
great. when I finally get round to doing something I'll be assured to know
it will come under heavy fire first before being allowed near the tree
thanks,
john
--
"How not to get lost in the complexities of our own making is still
computing's core challenge."
- Dijkstra
