Re: [wxCode-users] wxCode categories

[Francesco M. <f18...@ya...>]

Hi,


>>actually, as soon as Scotland-Italy soccer match will end, I'll fix the EDIT form
1-1; start working :(


>>>Francesco, could you make it possible to select a few at once? Like wxport.
>>
>>sorry, I don't understand: what do you mean by select a few at once ? do you mean in
>>phpMyAdmin interface ?
> 
>  
> For the user too (as you say above). I found a few of the components
> should be in 2 or more categories. "awx" provides dialogs and controls
> for example. Hopefully this is possible?
this is a reasonable thing: unfortunately it would make the category listing a little bit 
more complex. I'm performing some tests... I'll let you know.


>>>managed windows - A wxWindow derived control that manages other child
>>>windows. (eg. wxSplitterWindow)
>>
>>yes
> 
> 
> They seem to think that this means it's a standalone toplevel window.
> I think the name is very confusing for our purposes. Maybe we don't
> need it at all, you either have a control or a dialog (which we'll use
> as our toplevel window category).
I agree



> Or, we could use my definition, but call it 
> window containers -  A wxWindow derived control that manages other
> child windows. (eg.wxNotebook,  wxSplitterWindow)
I would prefer to just rename it "window containers"; please feel free to do the changes 
in the categories ENUM structure with phpMyAdmin while I restore the other parts of the 
website.



>>>miscellaneous windows - dunno? isn't controls good enough?
>>
>>wx docs list under misc windows the following:
>>
>>wxPanel  A window whose colour changes according to current user settings
>>wxScrolledWindow  Window with automatically managed scrollbars
>>wxGrid  A grid (table) window
>>
>>... though I don't know how many components could go in this category...
> 
> 
> I think this is also a little confusing, basicly anything based on a
> wxWindow is a control right? It's beyond me why they'd put wxGrid into
> this categegory with wxPanel and wxNotebook. See also below about
> controls.
>  
> 
>>>controls - A wxWindow dervived control. (eg. wxButton, wxGrid, wxStaticText...)
>>>   (include non user input controls here too?)
>>
>>no controls are only windows that interact with user
> 
> 
> wxWidgets puts wxStaticBox into this though. Maybe it's good enough
> for us to just have controls. Too many categories makes it hard to
> find stuff, especially if something is a little bit of this and a
> little bit of that.
ok, then remove "misc windows".


>>>utilities -  ??? File stuff maybe?
>>
>>I added this even if not present in wx docs because I thought it could have been useful
>>but maybe that this is confusing (being 'miscellaneous' already there)
> 
> 
> Yeah, "utility" doesn't help me understand what would be in this
> category. It sounds to me like this should be for standalone programs,
> I dunno like dos2unix or something like that. I'd say remove it, I
> don't see anyone using it yet.
well, for example my WebUpdate component does not provide a library or reusable source 
files: it provides a full application. thus it's an utility.
(it's categorization is out of date - currently it's miscellaneous - will change asap).
Also SplashScreen by Julian is a utility... so I do step back from my prev statement and 
would propose to keep this.

Francesco