From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-12-07T01:32:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Idea: Linux PIM in Ruby

Lyle Johnson wrote:
> Hal Fulton wrote:
> 
>> Anyone interested in working on this with me??
> 
> 
> If FXRuby were the GUI of choice I could pitch in to help with the GUI 
> programming parts of it. I've not used this particular application, but 
> I did take a look at the Info Select web page 
> (http://miclog.com/is/7/features/index.shtml) and I sort-of get the idea.
> 
> One thing that is obviously missing from FOX (and which it appears would 
> be needed for this) is some kind of "Rich Text" widget. That is, when 
> you're composing the "sticky notes" I think you want to be able to embed 
> images, use different fonts and styles, etc.

As with most endeavors (in my experience) the GUI is the hard part,
so your help would be appreciated.

As for rich text: Hmm. I'd like to be able to handle italics and
boldface, but other than that I could deal with plain text (speaking
for myself) at least in the beginning. 99% of what I want to deal
with is plain text.

One question I'm uncertain about is how to store the data in a
search-friendly way. Gavin, would you like to look at that aspect?

Lyle: Is it hard to put a bunch of tiny subwindows inside a parent
frame? I've never done that in Fox.


Hal