[Gambas-user] Release of Gambas 3

[Fabien Bodard]

Le 28 décembre 2011 18:54, Benoît Minisini
<gambas at ...1...> a écrit :
> Le 28/12/2011 18:12, Fabián Flores Vadell a écrit :
>>   I'd like to enhance gb.desktop so that it is usable enough to
>> implement a simple GUI shell/desktop (for those who have time and find
>> Gnome 3 or KDE 4 too heavy). The interesting thing is that this simple
>> desktop will be able to use GTK+ or Qt4 indifferently, depending on the
>> user taste. Someone interested in that project?
>>
>> What features will it have?
>>
>> What languages will be used? C/C++ for the Desktop component? Gambas for
>> any else?
>
> C is needed for the gb.desktop component that implements X11 features.
>
> At the moment, this part misses these features:
> - Full management of windows properties (X and Y are not implemented
> correctly for example)
> - Management of the SYSTRAY protocol (the system tray).
>
> Then the Gambas part of gb.desktop needs to implement some freedesktop
> protocols, especially the *.desktop file format that allows to make a
> startup menu.
>
> As for features, I want to start with the simplest possible at the
> beginning:
>
> - A panel with task buttons, virtual desktop buttons, startup menu,
> system tray.
> - Some little widgets to display the hour, the network state (how?),
> program startup icons...
> - An integrated file manager (like explorer in windows 95).
> - A background image.
> - Desktop icons?
>
> The interesting part IMHO is that all these things will be integrated in
> the same Gambas executable, so things will start fast. I'm fed up with
> waiting for KDE4 to start. :-)
>
> And I want a file manager that DOES NOT save its view configuration
> INSIDE the viewed directory - One of the most stupid things I've ever seen!
>
> Of course we need a window manager too. I don't know if we can make one
> directly in Gambas. I think some more X11 features are needed in
> gb.desktop. Or maybe by taken an already existing wm, and patching it to
> make its configuration screen in Gambas?
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
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a really great challenge for gambas :-)

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Fabien Bodard