On Monday 10 March 2003 12:13 pm, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:53:30AM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: > > That's what I have now. I think of class Dialogs as part of the lyx > > kernel and it is this that stores the InsetBase* in just such a map. The > > dialogs themselves derive from class Dialog (note, no 's'). I think of > > them as separate from the lyx kernel and they know nothing about these > > pointers or, indeed, whether they are 'connected' to anything at all. > > Ok. I did not know where you draw the line between kernel and gui.
;-) I draw this distinction because I can imagine the hypothetical situation when class Dialogs is simply an interface to a lyxserver pair of pipes. The thing on the other end should have no idea about anything other than the string it is to manipulate. Ditto, class Kernel in frontends/controllers could also be turned into an interface to a lyxserver pair of pipes receiving/returning this info, although I haven't proceeded with any seriousness down this line. I'm not suggesting actually creating a separate process to run the dialogs, but it does help clarify the rationale. > With this explanation it sounds sensible. You mean that things are in a 'reasonable' state as we stand? Good. Angus
