Re: XForms: Thinking out loud

From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes (Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 04:46:15 EDT

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    # To subscribers of the xforms list from Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr> :

    >>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <angus.leeming@btopenworld.com> writes:

    Angus> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Angus Leeming
    Angus> <angus.leeming@btopenworld.com> : I'm currently doing my best
    Angus> to move the compilation process from Imakefile to
    Angus> automake/autoconf. I've got a lot further than I thought I
    Angus> would but (JMarc beware!) I do have a couple of questions for
    Angus> later.

    Feel free to ask...

    Do you use libtool too?

    Angus> It seems to me that the current Enemy No 1 is xforms behaviour
    Angus> when a dialog is resized. I think that xforms' split of the
    Angus> work between ConfigureNotify and Expose XEvents is flawed. I
    Angus> suggest that all the real work should be done in response to an
    Angus> Expose XEvent but that ConfigureNotify should be used to flag
    Angus> that work should be done.

    This seems reasonable.

    Angus> This will, of course, break binary compatability as it gives
    Angus> FL_FORM a new member variable.

    Does it really? You could try to reuse some flag somewhere like
    'prop', or maybe make use of the reserved[10] array at the end...
    Would that break binary compatibility?

    JMarc
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