Re: [gnome-db] Future characteristic

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 11:28 +1300, Dru wrote:
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 09:54 +0200, Vivien Malerba wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:43:58 -0500, Daniel Espinosa Ortiz
> >><esodan yahoo com mx> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I think we will need Widgets to manage a Fields, may useful when you
> >>>create a gnome_db_form.
> >>>
> >>>The you have gnome_db_text, gnome_db_date, and one for any GdaValue type
> >>>exist. this Widget may have an associated Label, and some methods.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>I've already created such a class, but for libmergeant (can't be used
> >>as-is for libgnomedb because it requires the data dictionnary
> >>libmergeant maintains). If you want to have a look, the classes are
> >>MgDataEntry (the actual base class for widget to be found in a form)
> >>and MgDataHandler (a base non widget class to convert between SQL,
> >>user and GdaValue some values).
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >it looks to me much better to have a single class than a
> >GnomeDbDate/Int/Float, etc. Is that how it works in Mergeant?
> >
> >  
> >
> >>If we want one day to make libmergeant and libgnomedb closer, then I
> >>think we should have a kind of framework for form entry widgets in
> >>libgnomedb which libmergeant will improve on (I say "improve" because
> >>it has a finer view of the data types, etc because of the data
> >>dictionnary it maintains).
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >as we talked some time ago, libmergeant and libgnomedb should probably
> >be merged at some point in future. The current widgets-only approach of
> >libgnomedd makes it quite unattractive for many people, who prefer to
> >just use normal GTK widget bound to libgda data. So, I think we should
> >try to have libgnomedb/libmergeant be an extension to GTK, so that
> >people can continue using any kind of GTK widget with access to the rich
> >libgmergeant dictionary. That would make libgnomedb/libmergeant a much
> >more attractive library to use.
> >  
> >
> 
> Sorry i have to say it. You know plug my own stuff and all
> 
> http://bond.treshna.com
> 
> Widgets are normal gtk widgtes, hash table of BondObjects* represent 
> widgets on a one to one ratio. BondObjects* contain libgda data sources.
> 
yes, I know. We should be having that code in Bond with the extra data
dictionary features in libmergeant. I think that would make libgnomedb a
very nice library to work with.
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>