Mechanig

Conversation started Dec 13, 2012 at 10:53.

fossfreedom

Dec 13, 2012 10:53

@jokerdino you seem to have several "widgets" - each should be a class in their own right - with the mechanig as the overarching class. e.g. compiz class with its signals, windows class etc - think of each "tab" as a class.

jokerdino

Dec 13, 2012 11:46

@fossfreedom that is the idea. i don't have any idea on how to do the splitting into each classes

fossfreedom

Do you have just one big UI file - or lots of individual UI's ?

jokerdino

one big UI file

fossfreedom

to cover all the tabs?

jokerdino

yep.

if you don't mind, you can find the glade file here github.com/jokerdino/mechanig/blob/jokerdesigns/mechanig.glade

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fossfreedom

Dec 13, 2012 11:49

let me look

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fossfreedom

@jokerdino there seems to be lots of "notebook" UI elements - is this the tab interface part?

jokerdino

well, there are a couple of notebooks.

unity, compiz and theme settings have their own notebooks

so, they are notebooks inside a notebook

fossfreedom

ok - there is where I would personally look at the split - each notebook should be an individual UI - and your classes would be naturally broken per UI

jokerdino

so, the glade file should be split? :/

fossfreedom

Dec 13, 2012 11:55

yes - in the long run - it would make maintenance much easier - since you are focussing on individual areas.

jokerdino

i would have tried that but how exactly do i embed a notebook inside another?

fossfreedom

you would code that bit - gtk builder the ui and pack-start it on the notebook

jokerdino

well, instead of splitting up the gui, can i just split the code bit?

because i don't fancy messing with GUI again :/

fossfreedom

I would have a singleton class that served the gui to each class. Each class then would grab the relevant object from the UI to play with.

jokerdino

that's sorta what is happening right now

i guess i would have to talk to Mahesh and ask him how to proceed then.

fossfreedom

Dec 13, 2012 12:03

agreed - its fundamental - you need to discuss - IMHO - individual UIs would make your life much easier.

jokerdino

alright. i'll look into it. thanks much :)

btw, the new tabs would become dummy windows right?

fossfreedom

yep - each tab (class) would be responsible for its own signals/widgets etc

jokerdino

got it

so, from what you suggest, it would work like gnome-control-center?

fossfreedom

just like that - yep - one overarching window holding individual tabs that are separately coded - with just the common bits on the main class/window

you should have a py file for each UI element

then multiple people can make changes without upsetting/merging issues

jokerdino

i see.

fossfreedom

Dec 13, 2012 12:12

I'm sorta doing something similar on my rhythmbox coverart-browser at the moment.

we had one big py holding the various elements.

splitting the UI's makes it much easier to collaborate and share code.

jokerdino

i will be consulting your code then :P

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