Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
>> Asger K Alstrup Nielsen writes: AKAN> We add an KDE OpenParts inset. Or the corresponding GNOME AKAN> thing. This does not require much support from the kernel. Matthias has bugged me a bit about this. So yes we should support OpenParts, and other similar protocols/insets. Lgb

Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-04 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> What the core needs to know about such an inset is the size of its box, and > a way to send key and pointer events to the object. (and whatever other > things the core allways must know about insets in general; how to hook it > to the menu, how to make it generate LaTeX etc...) Here's how we ge

Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-03 Thread Joacim Persson
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > Yes, that'll do nicely for simple insets. I wouldn't want to write a > > complex inset like a music, tree or Feynman diagram inset with that though. > > Do you plan to have an internal API (i.e. functions and variables in this > > scripting la

Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-03 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
> Yes, that'll do nicely for simple insets. I wouldn't want to write a > complex inset like a music, tree or Feynman diagram inset with that though. > Do you plan to have an internal API (i.e. functions and variables in this > scripting language that interfaces to the public members in the object

Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-03 Thread Joacim Persson
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Asger Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > [How to handle the extendibility problem.] > [Layout files on steroids or linked objects a la Gimp.] > > > A compromise or rather a combination of the two would be my favourite > > choice. I think there should be /both/ an easy-to-use quick&dir

Re: Core & objects, Was: switching layouts problem

1999-03-01 Thread Asger Alstrup Nielsen
[How to handle the extendibility problem.] [Layout files on steroids or linked objects a la Gimp.] > A compromise or rather a combination of the two would be my favourite > choice. I think there should be /both/ an easy-to-use quick&dirty way to > get support for a new simple document class or e