On Tue, 2013-04-30 at 09:41 +0200, Tobias Boege wrote: > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Bruce wrote: > > I saw something the other day, it was a multi-windowed terminal in which > > each window was running a separate shell. I have attached a mock up of > > what I was seeing. > > At the time I didn't think a great deal about it, but today it turns out > > that something like that would be a great solution to a local problem, > > i.e. "tail"-ing several log files in a program that runs continuously or > > for some time. I have the technology to manage the several logging > > streams from the program but setting up multiple terminals manually to > > follow the output (to Temp() files is painful. > > > > So > > a) would it be possible to create something like this in gambas, i.e. a > > form with multiple "terminal" windows in it, each running it's own shell > > b) how the heck would one approach it? > > > > regards > > Bruce > > (in "blind-Bambi" mode) > > I never really used that control but this looks like you could use an > Embedder[0] to make another application work for you from inside your > window. This would be a totally lazy approach :-) > > If you want your own terminal window to not be so dependent on the presence > of other software, you can write a form and use Workspace[1]. A few days ago > I saw that we also can do > > hForm = New FMyForm(dwgDrawingArea) > > and it works like a charm. Why implement custom controls when we can easily > compose windows and instantiate them to a DrawingArea? :-) > > Anyways, with these two ways, it shouldn't be that difficult to get a view > (and function) very similar to the picture. > > Regards, > Tobi > > [0] http://gambasdoc.org/help/comp/gb.qt4/embedder?v3 > [1] http://gambasdoc.org/help/comp/gb.form.mdi/workspace?v3 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well that was simpler than it looked :-) Thanks Tobi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
