Re: [Quartz] Gtk Selection

[John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us>]

On Jun 8, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Kristian Rietveld wrote:

> On Jun 8, 2010, at 4:02 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>> Thanks for the encouragement. It's done, and a patch submitted against https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=571582.
> 
> Ah, I missed that Bugzilla mail.  It was already on my review list.  I am a bit overloaded at the moment, also want to review the NSView embedding patch and look at the GdkPixmap/GtkImage bug.  I will do my best to get to it soon.
> 
>> Yes, I understand that redesigning Gdk would be a long term goal. Have there been any discussions about what the architecture would look like on IRC? I sure haven't seen any here...
> 
> Not that I know of.  Would it be interesting to start "drafting" requirements for this in the Wiki?

Kris,

It's too early for requirements. First we need to figure out what to abstract, and whether each abstraction really belongs in Gdk or should be moved "up" to Gtk (like clipboards) or "down" to Glib (like string conversions). Wikis are like whiteboards: They're a useful aid to a discussion but not a vehicle for the discussion itself. 

So if you want to start a wiki page, maybe you start a list of what Gdk abstracts, and we can discuss here where (i.e., GLib, Gdk, Gtk, or somewhere else, including Cairo and Pango) each of those abstractions belong. We could also consider whether there are abstractions in other libraries which would fit more naturally into Gdk.

Regards,
John Ralls