# HG changeset patch # User Paul Issott # Date 1304027221 -3600 # Node ID 6a45b8e5343ac654b1ae9c8c7af5feb2bfb35128 # Parent c179925b46d574167beafa0ec9c191c276850a80 en: edit devel/forge diff -r c179925b46d5 -r 6a45b8e5343a en/devel/forge.php --- a/en/devel/forge.php Thu Apr 28 16:08:37 2011 +0200 +++ b/en/devel/forge.php Thu Apr 28 22:47:01 2011 +0100 @@ -186,29 +186,29 @@

GUI - Pure C/GTK, Yad, Vala/Genie and CGI/web

- We have many way to create user interface in the open source world. From - the start of the project until 3.0 we mainly used a tool called Gtkdialo - who let us create nice and quiet complex interfaces in GTK but with a - scripting language, no compilation, just run. But gtkdialog in unmaintained - and lack about new GTK features, so we switched to Yad for simple GUI boxes. - For all the admin, packages and configuration tools we switched to TazPanel, - a CGI/web interface with all the gui in xHTML 5 and CSS 3. + There are many ways to create user interfaces in the open source world. From + the start of the project until 3.0 we mainly used a tool called Gtkdialog + which let us create quite nice and complex interfaces in GTK, but using a + scripting language that just run without having to be compiled. But gtkdialog is + unmaintained and lacks many new GTK features, so we switched to Yad for simple GUI boxes. + For all the administration, packages and configuration tools we switched to TazPanel, + a CGI/web interface with a gui coded in xHTML 5 and CSS 3.

- Now we Yad is very simple and dont allow us to create complex interface even - if we just need 2 or 3 entry with label and a few buttons, so an other way - must be used. The advantage of a scripting language is the fact we dont need - to compile and can code in relatime, but it produce a slower applications. - All in C is complex and we got less contributor since SHell script are easier - to understand, so the guide line now is to keep and continue improving our - cmdline tools and provide frontend in GTK or CGI/web. + Yad is very simple but doesn't allow us to create complex interfaces even if we + only need 2 or 3 entries with labels and a few buttons, so another way + must be found. The advantage of a scripting language is the fact that it doesn't need + to be compiled and can be coded in realtime (but it produces slower applications). + Writing tools in C is complex and gets less contributions since SHell scripts are easier + to understand, so the guidelines are now to keep and continue to improve our + cmdline tools and provide frontends in GTK or CGI/web.

- They is many new languages who let use GTK such as Genie, Vala or GTKaml. - But keep in mind ther are not so popular than C and GTK and finaly not realy - easier to learn and use, at least for simple fronted you finally use SHell - scripts to perform tasks. Use can use Vala if you like but look at a pure - GTK single window, it only 14 lines: + There are many new languages that use GTK such as Genie, Vala or GTKaml. + But keep in mind that they are not as popular as C and GTK and not really + easier to learn and use (for simple frontends you can use SHell + scripts to perform tasks). You can use Vala but look at a pure + GTK single window, it uses only 14 lines: 

 #include >gtk/gtk.h<
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- If you not sure about the language to use, discuss it on the mailing list. + If you are not sure about which language to use, discuss it on the mailing list. If you just want a small GUI function, look at tazbox in the slitaz-tools - repo, it have tiny desktop tools such as a logout box. By the way the first - SliTaz sub-project all written in pure GTK is TazWeb and you may learn - some way to use system() to include system commands in your frontend. For - example TazWeb use wget for downloads and sed to add bookmarks. + repo, it has tiny desktop tools such as a logout box. The first + SliTaz sub-project written in pure GTK is TazWeb and you can use it to learn + ways to use system() to include system commands in your frontend. For + example TazWeb uses wget for downloads and sed to add bookmarks.

Yad scripts should follow TazYad guidelines: README and - exmaple code + example code

diff -r c179925b46d5 -r 6a45b8e5343a en/devel/index.php --- a/en/devel/index.php Thu Apr 28 16:08:37 2011 +0200 +++ b/en/devel/index.php Thu Apr 28 22:47:01 2011 +0100 @@ -76,11 +76,11 @@