Re: [Rails-devel] Swing Docking Framework for Rails

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Erik:
the errors occur as Eclipse does not refresh all folders after the 
patch: It seems that it does not refresh the library folder, so it does 
not find the new libraries. However this is not too surprising as the 
lib folder is excluded from being a source folder for Rails.
So you have to refresh that path manually.
Stefan


Frederick:

I did some quick testing:
It is great to be able to drag around panels as you wish .
However as it is the case with docking frameworks is that it allows 
users to easily mess-up the layout of panels, if there is not 
intelligent algorithm triggering resizes or adding scrollbars to the panels.

It is too easy to get this gimp-like feeling as a user that you have 
never know where each menu item might be hidden.
So I agree with Erik that this is most likely to be a major rework and 
cannot be done easily in a evolutionary fashion.

So my suggestion is to synchronize that work with my Rails 2.0 
development to avoid rewriting it for 1.x first and than having to adapt 
it to 2.0 again.

Stefan


On 02/02/2012 07:51 PM, Erik Vos wrote:
> Frederick,
>
> When I tried to load the first patch (with 'git am'), I got errors like:
> .classpath does not match index
> build.xml does not match index
> Not sure what to do about these errors.
>
> The second patch loaded fine.
>
> I think it's fine to experiment with such ideas, but I'm a bit sceptical
> about the result.  Yes, it would release ORPanel again from its chains, but
> what other problems would it solve?
> My main issue is, that our screens are (or at least mine is) too small to
> have all frames open at a convenient size, and at the same time not overlap
> each other. I don't immediately see how docking could fix that. But I may be
> wrong.
>
> In any case, I would prefer docking to remain optional.  And out of the way
> (i.e. in a separate branch) until it's proven to work and do a better job
> (whatever that means).
>
> Erik.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Frederick Weld [mailto:fre...@go...]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 4:16 PM
>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
>> Subject: Re: [Rails-devel] Swing Docking Framework for Rails
>>
>> Stefan/Brett/Erik:
>>> I do not know if everyone has to commit to one framework before you
>> could start.
>>
>> Understood. But then at least Erik and me should have the same opinion on
>> this issue, as we are currently the only ones actively working on the UI
> layer.
>> On top of that, the docking framework adoption would be a refactoring of
>> the current UI (not an additional UI) - as changing frameworks would be
>> rather invasive.
>>
>> ==>  I'll wait for Erik's opinion / assessment before moving on.
>>
>>> When considering any libraries or frameworks for use, please only
> consider
>> those with GPL-compatible licensing.
>>
>> The lib's licence is LGPLv2.1 which is listed as GPL-compatible. So that
> would
>> be ok.
>>
>> -- Frederick
>>
>>
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