[Glade-users] why using libglade is better...

[Tristan Van Berkom]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:11:49 -0600, Neil Zanella <nzanella@gmail.com> wrote:
> I currently have an application consisting of somewhere around
> an estimated 4,000 widgets. In the past, I'd break everything down
> in small modules and compile separately to speed up compile time.
> Now, with libglade, there is no compile step for changes in the user
> interface, so long as I do not change the names of my widgets.
> 
> Right?
> 
> So things should be faster and I don't even need to make several
> modules: I can just pack it all in one big XML file without impacting
> development time.
> 
> Right?

Very right,
     these are a few of the reasons that code generation will not  be
supported by glade-3 and is generaly discouraged. (Although I prefer 
to keep my interfaces/screens seperated on a per gladefile basis, this
just makes things easier to maintain).

Cheers,
                                       -Tristan