Re: [Boa Constr] Run Editor by itself?

[Riaan B. <riaan@e.co.za>]

Hi Patrick,

"Patrick K. O'Brien" wrote:
> 
> Riaan,
> 
> How hard would it be to allow the boa editor window to be run by itself for
> those situations where I'm not actually generating wxPython code and don't
> want the overhead of having the designer and inspector windows loaded? 

Unless you use it, the Inspector takes *very* little resources,
similarly the Designer will only take resources when you open a frame
(which I'm not forcing you to ;)
Also remember the Inspector is not just used for wxPython frame 
designing, but also for editing Zope/WebDav properties and even editing
your preferences.

> I
> absolutely love editing code in boa, but having a couple of big apps open in
> addition to boa is bringing Win98 to its knees a couple of times every day.
> I figured this might help. 

I'm very aware of this problem and have made quite a few improvements
since 0.0.5.
Actually there are some changes (not yet booked in) that also improves 
the situation by dynamically creating menus instead of storing them.

Two things for you to try:

in prefs.rc.py
change

useImageCache = 0

and

paletteStyle = 'menu'

> Plus I think the boa editor is good enough to
> compete with the likes of some of the other tools out there and more people
> might use it if it had a standalone option. Your thoughts?

Not an immediate goal for me. For later yes, I have considered it.
I do want to be able to turn sections in Boa on and off, but it's
not going to influence your resource usage significantly.
Making all the Frame design code 'optional' will also be non trivial.
I'll put this on the todo list

Try the flags and wait for the next round of checkins and then
reevaluate your position on resources.

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