On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:58 PM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote: > There *are* some places where non-text programming has won. The biggest > example would be GUI builders. Nobody programs screen and window > layouts by typing textual descriptions. They push boxes around in a GUI > builder.
Hi, I'm Nobody, and I like warm hugs! My GUI building is entirely by typing textual descriptions. Yes, there are some good builders, but I do my layouts on a basis of rules rather than strict pixel positions. Rules and bag-based layouts mean there's no problem with something getting too big and messing up your layout. Is it really helpful to drag objects into a nearly-invisible "Vertical Box" container? Pushing boxes around is great when you attach everything directly to the window, but that gets messed up pretty quickly by a user's themes, font sizes, etc (not to mention a change of platform). Explicitly putting things into their boxes, grids, tables, etc means it's always right. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
