Re: [Mtpaint-devel] patch mtpaint - GtkFileChooserDialog

[cresto s. <sc...@gm...>]

2007/2/6, Mark Tyler <mar...@go...>:
>
>
> Now that we are in 2007, it is becoming clear that the interface of
> mtPaint needs to be updated in some structural sense.  One option on
> the table is to break mtPaint into 2 parts:
>
> 1) A kernel for handling memory, file handling, and all
> toolkit/interface independent code.
> 2) A toolkit interface for the user to interact with.
>
> This is attractive because mtPaint could continue to support GTK+1/2
> as now but also an updated GTK+2 version which stops using deprecated
> features and prepares for any GTK+3 release.  In addition it would
> also be possible to use another toolkit like FLTK, Qt, or maybe even a
> console version that could run on text only systems.  Just to prove
> the feasibility of this I created a very small FLTK interface to
> demonstrate what can be done - see the attached screenshots from Linux
> and Windows systems.
>
> It is a big job to implement these things, but once the core structure
> is set it will make changes such as the file chooser you propose much
> more logical.  For example the current GTK+1/2 code would exist in a
> directory named ./src/gtk12/, with the filechooser code you created
> living in ./src/gtk3/.  Then the configure script could be used to
> target gtk1, gtk2, gtk3 or whatever toolkits are supported.
>
> If you have any thoughts on these plans you are very welcome to share
> them.


I think that it's an interesting idea. If you want maybe I can help you on
this way.

Otherwise do you want an updated french translation for 3.10 version ?

Thanks,
Sylvain Cresto