[Gtk-sharp-list] some enlightenment

[Anset]

Hi,

Gnome is build on top of GTK.
Afaik, only gtk is available outside linux.
Gnome is not.

But I may be wrong :)

Wkr,

Anset.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paulo Pires" <paulo.pires@vodafone.pt>
To: <gtk-sharp-list@ximian.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Gtk-sharp-list] some enlightenment


> If I'm going to use any kind of canvas, I'll go for Gnome.Canvas, which
> afaik, is a GTK widget. It's not bundled, again afaik, in GTK# so I take
> this opportunity to ask for the GTK# packagers if they're going to
> bundle Gnome.Canvas soon.
>
> Thanks a lot
> Paulo Pires
>
> Ter, 2004-11-09 às 16:27 -0300, Gonzalo Odiard escreveu:
>> You can try diacanvas#  http://diacanvas.sourceforge.net/csharp.php
>>
>>
>> Paulo Pires wrote:
>> > Well, it's an approach, and that's what I'm looking for.
>> >
>> > My perspective is something like Visio. The road map is an image, the
>> > background of a "canvas" or a "grid", which I'll call map from now. 
>> > Then
>> > I would have a toolbar with my buttons, each one representing some
>> > object. When drag n' dropped into that map, it would instantiate the
>> > connected object and store the coordinates in the map, and the 
>> > variables
>> > I which to save.
>> >
>> > I'm splitting the problem in two: the app and the app gui! I'm
>> > developing the app "forgetting" the gui, but then I'll have to link the
>> > gui to the core, so there is the needed interaction.
>> >
>> > I'm trying to get as much different ideas as I can, so I can decide
>> > better which way to take. But my main issue is what GTK# widgets to use
>> > to get this going.
>> >
>> >
>> > Many thanks for your tip
>> > Paulo Pires
>> >
>> >
>> > Ter, 2004-11-09 às 12:54 -0500, Orlando Karam escreveu:
>> >
>> > > I think a simpler approach might work, but I may be wrong (happens 
>> > > all
>> > > the time :).
>> > >
>> > > The traffic lights, etc can (on screen) probably be simple widgets, 
>> > > like
>> > > buttons (they can have images). You create them, and can move them 
>> > > etc.
>> > > You may want to keep a list or something with all of them too.
>> > >
>> > > I'm not sure if you're getting the map as an already drawn figure, or 
>> > > as
>> > > one you draw. If it's already drawn, then displaying it is simple 
>> > > (again
>> > > a button or something). If you have to draw it, you may use 
>> > > DrawingArea,
>> > > or just a bunch of widgets again.
>> > >
>> > > How are you representing your map ? is there a grid ? if so, then you
>> > > can just use a widget per cell, and change the image depending on 
>> > > what
>> > > the widget is.
>> > >
>> > > Would something like this work ? is this too simple ?
>> > > On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 06:40, Paulo Pires wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi fellows!
>> > > >
>> > > > I am developing  a Traffic Control Management System, which 1st 
>> > > > version
>> > > > main goal is to be a design platform where I can drop a road map 
>> > > > and
>> > > > then insert/delete/move traffic-lights and other 
>> > > > traffic-control-systems
>> > > > (like speed-measurers) in image format. Each control (image) can be
>> > > > selected and deleted/moved at anytime and I must know which control 
>> > > > is
>> > > > selected, since each one of them will have different configurations
>> > > > (such as timing, state, etc). After everything is configured, there
>> > > > should be a "simulator", which, following the configurations for 
>> > > > the
>> > > > several controls, will demonstrate the "real" project behavior.
>> > > >
>> > > > The question here is that I'm willing to deploy it in GTK#, and 
>> > > > I've
>> > > > never worked, at this level, with GTK (or other GUI besides VB :$). 
>> > > > I'm
>> > > > following GTK# since September but I feel like it's not enough for 
>> > > > my
>> > > > task.
>> > > >
>> > > > I've got Edd & Niel's book "Mono - A Developer's Notebook" and I 
>> > > > think
>> > > > that my solution is probably around DrawingArea but I have serious
>> > > > issues, like i don't want to renderize my work into one single 
>> > > > image. I
>> > > > want to work images (controls) independantly.
>> > > >
>> > > > I would really appreciate some enlightenment about which is the 
>> > > > best
>> > > > approach, for you guys, to get this going.
>> > > >
>> > > > I really don't want to get back to VB to get this project on
>> > > > schedule :(.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > So many thanks in advance,
>> > > > Paulo Pires
>> > > >
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