[Adobe-source-devel] Re: asl-users: Request for Comments: ASL Picture Widget

[Foster T. B. <fbr...@ad...>]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 04:22p, Tony Van Eerd wrote:

> I have a ProportionalFit<number_type> template that might help with  
> the proportional resizing.  I can email it to you.

Ah, this is interesting. Would it make a good addition to ASL as a  
generic algorithm? GIL might have something like this in it already,  
too, I'm not sure (sadly I haven't looked over the API as thoroughly  
as I ought).

> I did a image view control once that also implemented the image  
> interface - ie acxted like an image in that you could call CopyImage 
> (view, image) (which takes 2 image * params) to put an image into  
> it, etc.  Interesting idea, anyhow.

Interesting. Are you familiar with Lubomir and Hailin's work on GIL?  
How would what you are describing compare to what it has to offer?

> The import/export procs will eventually need to handle options.  Do  
> you expect the import/export procs to bring up UI, or should you  
> pass in a dictionary_t of params to the export funcs, or something  
> like that?

This is a good question. I'd expect the functions to be able to run  
without user intervention (so scripting parameters should be able to  
be passed), but the possibility of popping a UI to detail further  
command parameters is not out of the question. I'll have to think a  
bit more about this one. Incidentally we have recently released a  
modal dialog interface API that accomplishes this very task pretty  
handily, so leveraging that might be good.

> Tony Van Eerd
> Adobe Waterloo
> -via Thunderbird-
>
> Foster T. Brereton wrote:
>> All,
>> Ralph Thomas and I have begun designing a picture widget for ASL.   
>> This widget will cover icons in a generic way as well. The in-  
>> development design is posted at:
>>     <http://opensource.adobe.com/twiki/bin/view/AdobeSource/ 
>> PictureView>
>> We would welcome any commentary, feedback, and/or refinement on  
>> the  design or the documentation. If anyone would like to  
>> contribute  please provide it either by email to the ASL mailing  
>> list or on the  Wiki page directly. If you do not have write  
>> access to the Wiki page  yet please create a Wiki account; once  
>> that is done email me and I  will authorize you.
>> Thanks in advance for any time you can give to the effort.
>> Blessings,
>> Foster
>> -- 
>> Foster T. Brereton              <}}}><              Romans 3:21-26
>> A d o b e   S o f t w a r e   T e c h n o l o g y   L a b
>> "What 99 percent of programmers need to know is not how to build   
>> components but how to use them." -- Alexander Stepanov

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Foster T. Brereton              <}}}><              Romans 3:21-26
A d o b e   S o f t w a r e   T e c h n o l o g y   L a b
"What 99 percent of programmers need to know is not how to build  
components but how to use them." -- Alexander Stepanov