[Xswt-developer] repository, stylesheets and data binding

[<ha...@id...>]

Hi,

Three topics today:

- CVS repository: I'm having problems connecting to the repository. I =
get a
server errer when trying to connect (happens for all CVS operations to
xswt.cvs.sourceforge.net).

- stylesheets: The current stylesheet mechanism allows an element to
reference another with the x:style attribute. First the control for the
element is created, then it is "filled" in with the style's attributes =
and
content, before its own attributes and content are used. This lets the =
style
provide a set of defaults. When experimenting with the stylesheet =
mechanism
I found that it could be useful for an element with a x:style attribute =
to
use the style's element instead of its own, when creating the control in =
the
first place. I.e. you could use <control x:style=3D"styles.labelStyle"/> =
to
create a label, if the styles.labelStyle refer to a label element. This
makes the x:style attribute be used more as an include than a defaulting
mechanism.

- data binding: I've been looking at the data binding packages and using =
it
for my own data flow model, lately. I've already become very fond of it, =
but
I'm worried since there's so many deprecated classes I need to use. I
understand they may be marked as such because the design hasn't been
completely settled, but would like ask (David) about the status of the
package, e.g. what parts can be relatively safely be used and what parts
that may be redesigned before becoming official.

Hallvard

P.S. I haven't looked at the editor, yet, but I'm becoming more =
interested
than before, since my own dialog modelling project now generates xswt =
files
that the developer would want to edit to fill in the details not covered =
by
the model.

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Hallvard Tr=E6tteberg (ha...@id..., http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~hal)
Associate Professor, IS group, Dept. of Computer and Information =
Sciences at
the Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology