[Gambas-devel] Release of gambas 1.9.34

[Daniel Campos]

In fact there's a Stock class...

2006/7/18, Fabien Bodard <sirfabien at ...176...>:
>
> Well it Work !
>
> First good thing in this release ;-)
>
> Second is that all seem to be more handy...
>
> Really the new mascotte is cool (but can we found the original file ?) and
> the
> kde crystall look give a more finish look.
>
> About icons now... i've a question... isn't it possible to make a better
> stock
> class that take the icon directly in the kde and gtk theme ?
>
> For sure it's not easy and it need a name layer because the name of kde
> icons
> are not the same that the gtk one... but it will be marvellous for the
> integration is the desktop.
>
> The problem is that the qt default icons in fact don't exist... the icons
> are
> provided by kde... so mabe the stock class maybe owned by kde for Dynamic
> themes... and maybe that some static icons can be puts in the qt.stock so
> after it work like the Dialog class, the kde one take place to the qt one!
>
> What about that ?
>
> Fabien
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > The development environment got a new look, based on the KDE Crystal
> icon
> > set. I hope you will like it :-)
> >
> > It does not prevent anyone to make the same set of icons from Gnome :-)
> >
> > Other main changes are:
> >
> > * The support of actions, that allows you to link buttons, menus and
> some
> > controls acting together.
> >
> > * A new instruction, SLEEP, to wait without calling the event loop.
> >
> > * Two interpreter crashing bugs were fixed.
> >
> > * Many little changes in the gb.qt component.
> >
> > The more important change (for you I think) in this version is the
> support
> > of *actions*.
> >
> > An action is concretely a string property, that some controls have.
> >
> > At the moment, the following controls have the Action property:
> > - Button
> > - ToolButton
> > - ToggleButton
> > - CheckBox
> > - Menu
> > - SidePanel
> > - Window
> >
> > Controls having the same action synchronize their Enabled, Visible,
> Value
> > (for toggle controls) properties.
> >
> > SidePanel and Windows with an action behave like toggles, except that
> that
> > the Value property is replaced by Visible.
> >
> > Menu can become toggles now, thanks to a new property named... Toggle.
> >
> > To make this magic reality, you must use the Action class to synchronize
> > the previous properties. For example, 'Action["action-name"].Enabled =
> > FALSE' must be used to disable all controls associated with the action.
> >
> > When a control associated with an action raises its Click event, then
> the
> > Action_Activate handler is called in its window. This pseudo event
> handler
> > takes the action name as argument.
> >
> > If this handler does not exist, or returns TRUE, then the Action class
> will
> > search for a same handler in the parent window if this form is embedded,
> > until finding the toplevel window.
> >
> > For example, if you have:
> > - A toggle button associated with the action "test".
> > - A menu entry associated with the same action, having the Toggle
> property
> > set. - A form associated with the same action.
> >
> > Then clicking the menu, or the toggle button will show or hide the
> window.
> > And closing the window will toggle the menu and the toggle button too.
> All
> > that happens automagically without writing a line of code.
> >
> > If the name of the action begins with a dot, then this action is
> *local*.
> > It means that the action is constrained to the form being the event
> > observer of the controls associated with the action.
> >
> > In other words, that means that controls associated with the same local
> > action actually belongs to different synchronisation groups if they have
> > different event observer.
> >
> > The only constraint is that you must specify the event observer when
> using
> > the Action class.
> >
> > For example, you must do: 'Action[".action", ME].Enabled = TRUE' instead
> of
> > 'Action[".action"].Enabled = TRUE'.
> >
> > If you need real examples, look in the IDE source code that makes a lot
> of
> > use of this feature.
> >
> > Or look in the Gambas part of the gb.qt component. The Action class is
> > implemented there, in Gambas!
> >
> > If you want to make a UserControl or UserContainer, the Action class has
> > two static methods: Register, to link or unlink a control with an
> action,
> > and Raise, used when a linked control raises the event associated with
> the
> > action.
> >
> > Note that these methods are called by the C++ part of the gb.qtcomponent
> > too, thanks to the GB.GetFunction() and GB.Call() methods.
> >
> > The gb.gtk component will have to do the same things to get action
> support,
> > and a copy of the Gambas implementation of the Action class of course.
> >
> > I hope you will like this feature. I'm waiting for your comments, if you
> > didn't escape from your computer for holidays, of course :-)
> >
> > Here is the full ChangeLog:
> >
> >
> --8<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >- CONFIGURATION & INSTALLATION
> >
> > * BUG: A symbolic link named 'gambas2' pointing at 'gambas2.gambas' is
> now
> >   created inside the 'bin' directory of the installation.
> >
> > DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT
> >
> > * NEW: KDE Crystal icon theme is used now.
> > * NEW: The main window was redesigned with toolbars and actions.
> > * BUG: Some fixes in container support in the form editor.
> > * NEW: The form editor now has a representation of the window borders
> and
> >   title bar.
> > * NEW: The welcome form was redesigned.
> > * BUG: Somes fixes in the automatic completion.
> > * NEW: A new tab which displays the list of current breakpoints while
> >   debugging.
> > * NEW: The option form was redesigned.
> > * BUG: Automatic creation of property handlers now support static
> >   properties.
> > * BUG: Opened forms become read-only when the project is running.
> > * NEW: The icon editor was redesigned.
> > * BUG: Old editor positions are cleared when a new project is opened.
> >
> > INTERPRETER
> >
> > * BUG: The GB.GetFunction API does not leak memory anymore when the
> >   searched function does not exist.
> > * NEW: The '.Array' class lost its point, and is named 'Array' now.
> > * NEW: Class.Component is a new property that returns the component a
> class
> >   belongs to.
> > * BUG: Object.SetProperty and Object.GetProperty now correctly propagate
> >   errors.
> > * NEW: Object.Call now takes its arguments as an unique array, and not
> as a
> >   variable list.
> > * BUG: An error raised inside a component written in Gambas does not
> crash
> >   the interpreter anymore during a debugging session.
> > * BUG: An object variable with a defined class can only accept symbols
> of
> >   this class, and not a symbol of an inherited class.
> > * NEW: Randomize now takes an optional parameter to initialize the seed.
> >
> > COMPILER
> >
> > * NEW: A new instruction, SLEEP, to wait without calling the event loop.
> > * NEW: EXEC and SHELL now support the AS syntax to specify the event
> name
> >   of the returned Process objects.
> >
> > INFORMER
> >
> > * BUG: The informer does not use a hardcoded path of itself anymore to
> >   implement library preloading.
> >
> > ARCHIVER
> >
> > * NEW: The archiver takes a new '-o' option to specify the path of the
> >   generated executable.
> >
> > GB.QT COMPONENT
> >
> > * BUG: The implementatio of the Design property were reworked.
> > * NEW: The Control.Window property now returns the window the control
> >   belongs to, even if this window is embedded. BE CAREFUL! THIS MAY
> >   BREAK YOUR CODE.
> > * NEW: Now a control can be associated with an action, thanks to the
> Action
> >   class. This class is implemented in the gambas part of the component.
> > * NEW: Now the Application.ActiveWindow returns the window containing
> the
> >   control having the focus, even if this window is embedded, provided
> this
> >   embedded window has an event handler for the Activate event. Is it
> clear?
> > * NEW: Disabled icons are visually visible now.
> > * NEW: Button, ToggleButton and ToolButton now support actions.
> > * BUG: ToolButton now have a minimum height according to its font, like
> the
> >   Button control had.
> > * NEW: CheckBox supports action now.
> > * NEW: Arrange.LeftRight was renamed as Arrange.Row, and
> Arrange.TopBottom
> >   was renamed as Arrange.Column.
> > * NEW: Container now raises the Arrange event, to indicate that its
> > contents has changed and should be arranged.
> > * NEW: Draw.RoundRect is a new method to draw rounded rectangles.
> > * NEW: Now DrawingArea controls ignore keyboard events by default.
> > * NEW: DrawingArea.Focus is a new property to tell a DrawingArea to
> accept
> >   keyboard events.
> > * NEW: Menu now supports actions.
> > * NEW: Now menus automatically hide unneeded separators just before
> > opening. * NEW: Menu.Toggle is a new property to make the menu acts like
> a
> > toggle button.
> > * NEW: Menu.Show and Menu.Hide are two new methods to respectively show
> >   and hide a menu entry.
> > * NEW: Menu.Popup now takes two extra optional parameters to specify the
> >   screen coordinates of where the menu will appear.
> > * NEW: Menu.Window is a new property that returns the window the menu is
> >   attached to.
> > * BUG: Replacing a picture in the Picture cache with another one with
> the
> >   same key does not crash the interpreter anymore.
> > * BUG: Changing the background color of a window now works correctly.
> > * NEW: Window now supports action, so that it can be automatically shown
> >   or hidden.
> >
> > GB.QT.EXT COMPONENT
> >
> > * NEW: Editor.Goto now takes an optional argument that center the cursor
> >   inside the Editor control.
> > * NEW: Procedures can be separated with a gradient instead of just a
> line.
> > * BUG: Some little fixes in the Editor control.
> >
> > GB.FORM COMPONENT
> >
> > * NEW: FontChooser.ShowFixed were replaced by FontChooser.FixedOnly.
> > * NEW: FontChooser.ShowStyle is a new property that allows to hide the
> >   style panel in the middle.
> > * BUG: FontChooser does not refresh uselessly anymore.
> > * NEW: Some cosmetic changes in the SidePanel container.
> > * NEW: A new property, SidePanel.Action, for associating a SidePanel
> with
> >   an action. This way, the SidePanel can be automatically shown or
> hidden.
> > * NEW: A ToolBar control, that acts as a container.
> >
> > GB.FORM.MDI COMPONENT
> >
> > * BUG: Some bug fixes in the Workspace control.
> > * NEW: Clicking on the titlebar now gives the focus to the associated
> child
> >   window.
> > * NEW: Activating windows should not flicker anymore.
> >
> > GB.SETTINGS COMPONENT
> >
> > * NEW: Settings.Path is a new static property that returns the default
> >   path of configuration files.
> >
> >
> --8<-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-
> >
> > Regards,
>
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