Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jun 6, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> No, it wouldn't. You'd be saving your design in the cdxml file, but >> importing from the equivilent of CLASSTEXT.py. So, you change your >> design, re-run the cdxml->py conversion, and voila, your modified >> design is live next time you run your app. > > You're missing the main thing: editing the code! The whole point is > to be able to use Wing or emacs or vim or whatever is your favorite tool > to edit the code after the Class Designer visually creates the UI. Once > you've edited the code, re-generating a modified UI design will require > cut/paste of your modified code into the appropriate places. >
Ed, in Boa you are able to do just that. Boa tries to have generated and user written methods (or just code wich belongs to that class) seperated also. Boa does it by using just source-files. I like your approach to have an xml-file file the gui-layout but i also tend to hate it if my code is hidden in such a nonreadable format. >> We are at a point with Dabo that we could almost attract some of those >> types of developers that 'do it all in code', but we are kind of far >> away from attracting the VB-types still. > > Agreed. That's why we need to keep focused on the overall goal, and > not be distracted by individual requests. > >> If we can make it so designs can be edited visually, but people can >> still use whatever editor or IDE or debugger they like, then even if >> that is a temporary solution it is better if it attracts people like >> Alex and makes them want to invest more time into developing apps with >> Dabo. > > While having more people working with Dabo is always a good thing, > right now I would love to see more people interested in developing Dabo, > too. As you've pointed out, we have a lot of work to do, and it would be > great if we could get people to contribute towards that instead of > diverting efforts to tangential projects. > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com Ed, i don't want to distract you from your goals, i just wanted to discuss some possibilities. Regards, Uwe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users
