Re: [gtk-list] Re: Docking toolbars

[sml13 cornell edu]

There's no reason why it couldn't (be backported into GTK+), right?  You 
just have to talk to the 
GTK+ maintainers.  Federico is just trying to fill in the blanks that 
exist in GTK+ as best he can by making Gnome extensions.  Hopefully, they 
will eventually end up where they belong -- in the widget set.  

(Other things, like ItemFactories and things that specifically are 
"tools" for building apps -- I can see the logic of keeping those in 
Gnome extensions.  But "widgety" type things should eventually find their 
way back to the _widget set_, no?)

just blathering,
shane

On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Martynas Kunigelis wrote:

> J Douglas Winters wrote:
> > 
> > > >  You're not alone.  I've felt that way since the first time I tried them
> > > >  out.  I'd also like it if the docking area was (optionally?) not visible
> > > >  but still useable.  Also, it should be possible to have multiple docking
> > > >  areas (handleboxes) serve a single (or several different) widgets.  I.e.,
> > > >  like in Windblows, you can attach a toolbar in many different
> > > >  orientations.
> > >
> > > The GnomeDock provides this functionality.  It is in the gnome-libs
> > > module and all applications that use the toplevel GnomeApp window use
> > > it by default.
> > 
> > Am I the only one who hates hearing that Gnome does this or that?  Things
> > like proper docking toolbars really belong in GTK+, not an extension
> > (IMHO, anyway).  Not that I have anything against GNOME, one of these days
> > I'll try it, but I like to keep my app's lib requirements to a minimum and
> > I feel that it is "wrong" to require GNOME libs for an app that is
> > intended to run anywhere. :)
> > 
> 
> I'm with you on that one. I have to notice that some outstanding stuff
> does get "backported" (?) from Gnome to Gtk+ though, e.g. GtkPlug and
> GtkSocket. Maybe this could be the case with the toolbar docking as
> well.
> 
> And no, I don't want to get into a discussion about what are the roles
> of Gtk+ and Gnome in application development.
> 
> -Martynas
> 
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