[gst-devel] What projects are underway?

[Bastien Nocera]

On 23 Apr 2001 00:33:33 +0200, Ronald Bultje wrote:
> Hey again,
> 
> On 2001.04.19 20:43:49 +0200 Bastien Nocera wrote:
> 
> > If you're to do a NLE, please do not use _only_ GTK+. Please use the
> > GNOME libraries (meaning the gnome-libs for the UI, and as Dan
> > suggested, the amazing Bonobo).
> > Nobody would think of doing a Qt-only application, one does a KDE
> > application. You will save a lot of time using the already existing
> > libraries, rather than reinventing the wheel for every special widget.
> 
> Why?
> Video editing is not about widgets.
> Video-editing is about some simple buttons which trigger a function. The
> function BELOW that button is what video editing is all about. If it wasn't

I know, I just said that for the GUI, it's easier to use Gnome rather
than GTK+ because it leaves you concentrate on what's important: the
functionality, rather than the details of the GUI.

> for the people who want GUIs all the time (I'm one of them ;-), I could
> make a console-driven video editor...

heh, and how would you preview ? with the "nobody-has-been-crazy-enough"
aalib based output for gstreamer =P

> The only widget I'm having problems with now is one for scene-cutting. But
> gnome/bonobo doesn't seem to have it too. (I need a scrollbar with three
> thicks instead of one)

Like the gradient editor in GIMP has ?

> 
> Btw what is bonobo anyway?

A component model, and library. Some people here know more about this
than me.

Cheers

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/Bastien Nocera
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