[Uim] Replacing property handling codes with property.scm

TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki tkng at xem.jp
Thu Nov 4 12:12:20 EET 2004


On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:19:52 +0900
YamaKen <yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp> wrote:

> At Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:44:13 +0900,
> tkng at xem.jp wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 05:44:54 +0900
> > YamaKen <yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp> wrote:
> > 
> > > > > > > ui-unit is easier than manipulator for me.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Okay. It's the most preferable candidate for now. Propose
> > > > > > better name if you have found.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would like to use the word 'widget' instead of 'ui-unit'.
> > > > > How do you feel it?
> > > > 
> > > > ui-unit is better for me. widget will be confusing. 
> > > 
> > > What confuses you?
> > 
> > As you said,  we are familiar with 'window gadget' rather than 'A
> > small mechanical device or control; a gadget.'. I think this will be
> > a reason of confusion. To be honest, I couldn't imagne except window
> > gadget in GUI toolkit with the word 'widget'. (Though maybe this is
> > only my bad egg.)
> 
> It will not cause problems as I said in previous message.
> 
> At Fri, 29 Oct 2004 03:51:23 +0900,
> yamaken at bp.iij4u.or.jp wrote:
> > Although we are familiar with 'window gadget' rather than above
> > definition, the difference will not cause problems.
> 
> My intention about the word 'widget' is an unit of user
> interface entity. The meaning will not be altered even if the
> word is recognized as 'window gadget' as in GUI toolkits.
> 
> i.e. A widget of an input method represents a widget of a GUI
> toolkit. See action.scm I had recently committed.

Surely, 'widget' in action.scm is type of widget such as GtkWidget,
QWidget, etc. But the coverage of the word 'widget' is more broad. In
other words, 'widget' in action.scm is included in ordinaly word
definition of widget, but the contrary is not truth. 

IMO different thing should have a different name. As the different name,
ui-unit is not bad. Simply 'ui' is not bad, too. It reminds me of
GtkUIManager. (GtkUIManager was similar this model).


Regards,

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TOKUNAGA Hiroyuki
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