[Gambas-devel] Stock class

[Benoit Minisini]

Sorry guys, I can't use the mailing-lists at the moment as my IP SMTP server 
was black-listed!

I plan to implement the Stock class in another way as it is currently, so that 
it is as transparent as possible for the user:

* PictureStock[Name, Size] must returns a picture according to a standardized 
name. A size can be specified.

The standardized name could be "type/name.png". 

If the specified icon does not exist in the requested size, then an icon in 
another size scaled to the requested size must be returned.

* PictureStock.All must return the names of all stock pictures.

* PictureStock.Sizes must return a list of supported sizes.

* PictureStock.Enabled to know if the stock is accessible.

* PictureStock could be implemented in Gambas. The same code can be used by 
gb.qt and gb.gtk, like for the Action class.

* The user do not have to use the Stock class directly. The Picture class will 
call the Stock class automatically when the picture path begins with 
".stock/image". 

The idea behind that is that a stock should be able to store anything. As 
there is already a resource system in Gambas, by the use of relative paths, 
and that you cannot use hidden names in the IDE, then we could use them to 
reference "stock" resources that are not really stored in the project.

Then I just have to add a tab to the icon file dialog in the IDE to allow the 
user using them.

The last problem is how can I detect KDE icon paths in the QT component? Even 
if GTK+ has stock icons, GNOME seams to have more, I have the same question 
for it!

Regards,

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Benoit Minisini