Re: Re: [xul-announce] GTK# Fails The XAML Test

Hi Arron,

Thanks for the great advice!

Marc

Arron Ferguson wrote:

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>Marc,
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>KDE
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>For KDE there is an XML API for marshalling/unmarshalling XML. The XML
>API is in the _KDE_ API found at:
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>http://developer.kde.org/documentation/library/kdeqt/kde3arch/xmlgui.html
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>It is very primitive, but it is a start.
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>For Mac, there's a very primitive feature to describe properties:
>http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-matters34.html
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>Based on a DTD, so no XML Schema and no namespaces. Like I say,
>primitive.
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>And a whole wack of links to specifications (includes XAML & XUL):
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>http://xml.coverpages.org/userInterfaceXML.html
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>Marc, as far as trying to create some sort of consortium, I would say
>that that would be about as easy as trying to hurd a pile of snakes.
>The whole lot is going off in so many different directions. I would
>recommend simply selecting one or two APIs that you see as being
>worthy (long-term, popular, scalable, etc.) and just go with them. The
>reason why I say this is because the whole XML-UI thing has exploded
>and everyone and their dog has created one. You'll probably go crazy
>trying to round them up.
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>If it were my bet to make, I would say that for the Unix/Linux world
>the Gtk thing will probably be the one to fly (vs. KDE). My reasoning
>is because of:
>a) the licensing with it is not as messy as the KDE/Qt problem;
>b) Gtk has gone a teeny weeny farther with the XML business and;
>c) Sun has made noise of switching over to it.
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>You might as well look into finding ways to make the Gtk thing work.
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>my .02
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>Got any contacts of people/groups involved in this?  I'd really like to
>see that happen, and I've even been considering the idea of creating
>some sort of a consortium or something that promotes this kind of
>xaml-ification of toolkits.  Having worked (or my customer having
>worked) with big hitters like DevExpress and Infragistics, there's a
>wide spectrum of toolkits that need to be brought up to par for
>declarative programming happiness to be achieved.
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