RE: Docking widget for GTK 2.4

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> I was wondering if there are anhy plans for adding a docking 
> widget for
> GTK 2.4. Since we already have a more-or-less purely GTK and very
> powerful and flexible docking widget in GDL, it would be nice if it
> could be imported into libegg and given some consideration. It has a
> nice API and seems very well thought out. It also includes a 
> GUI layout
> manager and uses XML for saving/loading layouts.

Is this not the same as a GtkHandleBox?  Perhaps there is more to the GDL
widget? I myself have not seen it.
If it is the same, would the GtkHandleBox be improved OR would a new widget
be considered?

Also, people's ideas about how "docking" should work may be different - i.e.
should a widget dock with a parent it was originally separated from, OR
should a widget be able to DOCK anywhere?  If there is supposed to be a
strict parent/child relationship with docking, it sounds like the
GtkHandleBox already does this.


Regards,
Martyn