Re: New ProjectCenter Icons

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> > I would keep it simple anyway. My vision is (like I have tried to  
> > draw with ASCII characters in a previous mail):
> >
> > * a single NSBrowser to select items (source file, NIB item,  
> > Makefile)
> > * a single View (NSTabView with invisible tabs) area where you  
> > either see source code (NSTextView) or Menus or a NSWindow with  
> > NSView hierarchy or a property list (NSOutlineView)
> > * an inspector for attributes of the currently selected item  
> > (which can be a source file or a NIB item)
>
> For me, the second of those (single view to display everything) is  
> a bad thing ... I want multiple views to show different parts of my  
> work on screen at the same time.
> I guess if I was using a handheld machine (rather than the 21"  
> display I actually use) I'd want to put everything in just one view  
> though.

Looks like I have become used very much to web based applications  
where the App (browser) remains the same and I switch the content  
(which can be quite different)... And there I hate if new windows pop  
up.

> I think it's only the single view for all things that is at all  
> tricky to do with multiple apps.
> My view of the perfect ide would be more like a single window which  
> browses the source/resources in the project and lets you activate  
> the app which handles each file.  An inspector which lets you  
> customise build options, and a few menu items (to build and launch  
> a debug app etc).  Everything else would be handled by other apps.

So basically we have the modular approach: a central application to  
start other Application modules vs. the holistic approach where all  
the modules are part of the single application (either compiled into  
or loadable bundles).

- The first one would use -[NSWorkspace openFile:] and DO between them
- The other one could use [[NSBundle bundleWithPath:] load];  (a  
plugin can then access NSApplication and NSWindowController - and  
even NSDocumentController of the core)