Re: [bug-gtypist] GTypist for Beginners

[Felix Natter]

Tim Marston <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,

hello Tim,

> Sorry for the slow response. I was away last weekend and I've been busy
> with work. I'm back again though now.  :o)

Me too, I was completing the OCPJP
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Certified_Professional).

> On 23/12/11 20:35, Felix Natter wrote:
>>> Does ncurses offer anything like a "checkbox" widget? If it does,
>>> perhaps you could use one of them to say "don't show me this again".
>>
>> Plain ncurses does not have any widgets. But there is libform/panel/menu
>> [...]
>> => so I suggest to write this from scratch.
>
> That sounds good. Personally, I'd be happy with the previous suggestion
> (SPACE/ENTER to continue, ESCAPE to never see again). I just wondered if
> ncurses provided any widgets we could use, that's all.

OK.

> Just a thought: If you do decide to implement some TAB-navigable "widgets",
> you should try to keep all ncurses-specific code separate from the general
> code. I'm thinking about the time when we add a switchable front-end (so
> you can choose between ncurses and, say, GTK). It would be really nice if
> we could offer options for configure to build with/without ncurses or
> GTK. So at some point we'll probably need to pull out all the
> ncurses-specific code in to its own file.
>
>>> Hmm, I don't know about adding more colours (I'm worried it would start
>>> looking garish!),
>>
>> I think we should do this optionally (turned off by default, if you
>> want).
>
> Ok. That sounds fine. When I've got a config file working, we can add
> configuration options to it to control the interface colours.

OK.

>> I wish you (and all other subscribers) a merry christmas.
>
> And happy new year from me!  :o)

Thanks,
-- 
Felix Natter