Re: Flash Demo

[Nicolas Roard]

Le 27 juin 05 à 12:08, Helge Hess a écrit :

> Hi Nicolas,
>
> On Jun 26, 2005, at 15:30, Nicolas Roard wrote:
>
> > I recorded a flash video demonstrating Gorm and the StepTalk palette:
> > http://www.xdev.org/gnustep/demo.html
>
> Two comments on the palette:
>
> a) the ScriptButton is really really aweful since it merges view and
>    controller - thats almost like Windows programming :-(

I know, but that's intentional.
Anyway you can use the script object if you prefer (or the  
steptalkclass object)

> b) does the editor in the script inspector really need a save button?
>    Thats somehow inconsistent (and it doesn't display any indication
>    whether its currently "saved").

I ditched it in the released version.

> Wrt the script button I think the appropriate solution is to  
> support associations/bindings (don't know if Gorm already has  
> this). I suppose your idea is to avoid the requirement to create a  
> full script object for very small code sections.

it was more to do avoid creating a script and linking it when you  
just want to test a very simple thing with a button...
as anyway you can create a standalone script or even a "class", I  
just kept this button+script as it can be convenient.

> As a developer you would create a "GSStepTalkAssociation" which  
> evaluates a given association string as a StepTalk script.
>
> As the user you would drag a regular button (or any other object)  
> to the window. Then go to the "bindings" inspect and the "onclick"  
> binding. Select the "GSStepTalkAssociation" as the association type  
> for the binding and enter the relevant script in the binding field.
>
> The nice thing with associations is that they can be of any type  
> (KVC, scripts, xpath expressions, whatever), not just Outlets or  
> Actions, also see:
>   http://www.mulle-kybernetik.com/software/MCI/
>
> Just a rough idea ;-)

hm I didn't know about associations.. any doc about them ?
In addition to what the palette currently provide, it could be nice  
to have such thing, why not.

--
Nicolas Roard
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