Re: [java-gnome-hackers] Problem with TextIter / Generator

[Stefan P. <st...@pr...>]

Am Sonntag, den 04.05.2008, 16:23 +1000 schrieb Andrew Cowie:
> > So, I need an instance of a TextIter [but no way to instantiate one]
> > 
> Yup. This is a situation we've come across a few times already.

Ok, glad to know I didn't miss anything.

> But we do have a route around that, of course, necessary for cases where
> the generated code doesn't do what we need. They are colloquially known
> as Overrides. I am a bit surprised you didn't notice any. Oh well.

The thought to look at TreeIter (or other iterators) did not cross my
mind. :) Shame on me.

> So definitely feel free to merge from my 'textview' branch at
> bzr://research.operationaldynamics.com/bzr/java-gnome/hackers/andrew/textview/ 
> 
> ... but be aware it's very much work-in-progress, no where near
> 'mainline' ready, and not really something I can afford to be spending
> much time on. Nevertheless there is a lot of infrastructure fixing
> that's gone on there already, and more that will become necessary. More
> to the point it's always good to collaborate with someone working on an
> area rather than having their work being duplicate effort.

I did some work on the 'textview' branch and I have it working now. You
will get it per email in a few minutes.
Having at least minimal (without tags) TextView coverage in java-gnome
is something that should be included in the mainline with the next
release. You cannot build GUIs with simple multiline textfields without
it, which I consider an important feature.
So, I think I'll help you on that branch - although I have no experience
with tagged TextBuffers yet. But that can be changed in the process.

Cheers,
  Stefan