(Original reply seems to have not made it to the ML, so here's
another try.)
Hi,
> In the meantime, if you have *specific* examples of things
that have
> frustrated you, for whatever reason, post them here with a
[docs] tag
> of some kind in the subject (maybe [docs//needed] ?),
The thing that has frustrated me the most about View and VID is
its vocabulary. It's very different from other GUI development
tools. I'm familiar with things like "controls", "widgets",
"properties", "attributes", "events", "event handlers", etc.
View's vocabulary, including terms like "face", "pane", "style",
"facet", "action", "feel", etc., are still kind of vague, and
they get all blurred together for me. I'm finding it difficult
to map them to my more familiar concepts. I'd really like to see
these things clarified in the docs.
Also, I'm getting the vague impression from the docs that there
may actually be more than one programming "level" in View, maybe
a high and a low level. The high level seems to be intended for
simple forms and GUI's that can be quickly developed with a
minimal amount of programming and debugging effort. The low
level sort of looks like it allows developing advanced GUI's
that can incorporate things like animation, drag & drop, etc.,
but which requires a lot more detailed and painstaking work. Am
I close here?
Another of my View frustrations is that the existing docs are
very heavily oriented toward examples. The examples are quite
good, and I've learned much from them, but examples can probably
never cover every feature and detail available. What's seems to
be missing is a View/VID reference that lists and describes the
things that are available. For instance, View is supposed to
have over 40 standard colors available. What are they? By
digging through the examples, I've discovered about a dozen of
them. Where can I find out about the rest? And what are the
standard View fonts, and how do I specify them? Are they in some
document that I just haven't stumbled upon yet?
Best regards,
Bernie Schneider
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being
overwhelmed
by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try
it, you will
be lonely often and sometimes frightened. But no price is too
high to pay
for the privilege of owning yourself.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche --
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.16/50 - Release Date: 7/15/2005
--
To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to
lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
