From: Ken H. <kh...@so...> - 2004-03-28 20:51:18
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> On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 06:55:08 -0800 > Ken Hayber <kh...@so...> wrote: > >>>> Yes, having a standard way to get to the options is a good idea - >>> one>that OS X has done extremely well I think. >>> >>> How have they done it? But the problem you talked about above would >>> exist also here, if some custom controls require callback to the app >>> the filer would have to communicate with it... >> >> I only meant that all Apps have a Preferences menu item in the same >> location (App menu) and there is apparently a standard toolkit (as in >> ROX) for developing the UI. So there is no confusion about where to >> find them. > > Ok, so if we add a hardcoded "Options" item to the appmenu, it would > run > the AppRun with an --options switch or something like that? But then we > need to tell the filer if the app can take such a switch, and this > would > probably be set in the AppInfo.xml, and then it could as well be an > ordinary AppMenu item as others... Yeah, that would work and would take care of wrappers for non-rox apps. > So, the work that has to be done is to convince people to use the > ROX-Lib2 UI for options and to add an "Options" item to the appmenu in > AppInfo.xml? > > Where can I find info on how to use that ROX-Lib2 option UI? Here: http://rox.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Tutorials/Options |