From: Lyle Johnson <ljohnson@...>
Date: 2002-02-07T23:23:47+09:00
Subject: Re: FXRuby: dialog editor?

> Is anybody working on a dialog editor that generates FXRuby code? I'm
thinking
> of something like
>
>     http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~mwelch/dlgedit/
>
> It may just be me, but I am having a hard time creating a simple user
> interface for a tool I'm trying to write. The problem is that the various
> buttons text fields and what not have the wrong sizes or are being clipped
> improperly, even though I'm only specifying the size of the root window
(in
> the super() call, like the examples do). How do other people do this?

I don't know if anyone is working on a dialog editor for FOX anymore. I had
hoped someone would take over development of Martin Welch's DlgEdit (which
he seems to have abandoned) and, at some point, added support for non-C++
code generation backends. If that were to happen I would be more than happy
to write a Ruby code generation backend for it; I just don't have the time
to pick up and maintain another complete project like DlgEdit.

But to also address your immediate problem: if you have a particular program
that you'd like me to take a look at (regarding layout issues) just let me
know. If you're using the standard layout managers they shouldn't be
clipping windows' text like you're describing.