Re: GtkIconList

[Cody Russell <cody jhu edu>]

You probably shouldn't be naming widgets in a separate library using the
GtkFoo namespace.  If the package is GtkExtra, you should use something
else, like GtkExtraFoo or GtkXFoo or something, otherwise this sort of
thing is bound to happen eventually.

Cody

On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 18:29, Adrian Feiguin wrote:
> Hi Anders, a GtkIconList widget has been part of gtkextra for a couple of
> years already, and it's being used by a large number of people. Although
> it is quite primitive, it supplies the basic features. I find your work
> very interesting, as I haven't been able too keep up with the development
> and enhancement of my widget. However, we may have a conflict of names and
> APIs and I wonder how we can fix this. I've always been willing to give up
> my gtkiconlist when a better widget comes up to replace it, and this may
> be it, or maybe not. Tell me if you feel like willing to merge both
> widgets to unify the API, of if you have a better idea. Also if 
> you are willing to include it as part of gtkextra (keeping your 
> rights as developer, of course) until the main gtk team decides 
> what to do. These are some ideas, but suggestions from the devel team are
> very welcome. Best regards, 
> <ADRIAN>