Re: IDLs defined?

[dirk vangestel philips com]

> > Maybe it would be nice to make a list of all tools we
> > would like to be accessible from within an IDE? And
> > make sure we get a complete coverage of required
> > functionality. Something like this:
> > Tool name      Description                  Available?
> > gIDE           IDE framework                yes
> > gnome-debug    debugging interface          yes
> > glade          GUI development              no (1)
> > gnome-build2   Build interface              yes
> > gnome-vcs      version control interface    no (2)
> > gvd            debugger front-end           no (4)
> > GtkTrace       trace tool                   no (1)
> >                general purpose editor       yes (3)
> > gob            object builder               no (1)
> > bakery         C++ framework                no (1)
> > PonG           preference dialog creator    no (1)
> >
> > (1): only available as a stand alone application
> > (2): in development
> > (3): gIDE switches editor depending on MIME type
> > (4): not needed, since we have gnome-debug?
> >
>
>Interesting matrix. I'll extended it.
>
>
>Tool name      Description                  What is needed to
>                                             run with IDE.
>                                             (IDE side)          (Tool side)
>gIDE           IDE framework                tool interface
>gnome-debug    debugging interface          nothing             nothing
>glade          GUI development              integrate code      make 
>bonobo component
>gnome-build2   Build interface              nothing             nothing
>gnome-vcs      version control interface    integrate code      in preparation
>gvd            debugger 
>front-end           nothing             gnome-debug compliant interface
>GtkTrace       trace tool                   compile set         bonobo-nize?
>Emacs          general purpose editor       nothing             make 
>bonobo component
>gob            object builder               ?                   ?
>bakery         C++ framework                ?                   ?
>PonG           preference dialog creator    ?                   ?
>
>Fill the free slot:)

When the tool interface is ready, we can see how the different tools can be 
implemented. It will require a lot of work probably, but it would be great 
if all these tools would be integrated, wouldn't it?
A side effect of having glade work with gIDE would be that glade could be 
made accessible from within nautilus (double clicking a .glade file would 
open glade inside nautilus). Now wouldn't that be nice :) In fact, Mathieu 
even suggested we throw the entire IDE away and use nautilus as the main 
shell. I'm not sure I agree with that, but it's a nice thought.

Dirk