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Subject: Re: app_defs
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 94 09:17:34 BST
From: C.J.Ridd@computer-science.birmingham.ac.uk
Precedence: bulk
Warwick writes:
>It may be useful to have a `type' code for each atrribute-value pair in
>the app_defs.sys file, to facilitate editing via a tool. For example:
>
>
>*.papyrus*.key.openFile: KEY = ^O
>*.papyrus*.font: FNT = Gemini 10pt
>*.papyrus*.key.newFile: KEY = 0x00380402=F1 // Pretend this is the F1 code
>*.papyrus*.fgColor*: COL = Purple
>*.papyrus*.bgColor*: COL = 0x00150315 // Pretend this is a nice colour
>*.tempFile*: FIL = f:\tmp
>*.foo.name*: TXT = Hello World
>
><attribute-pattern> ":" <type> "=" <value>
The type would not be required if we could more completely specify the
attribute-pattern string. eg <application name>.<function>.<attribute>
papyrus.opendoc.key "^O"
papyrus.opendoc.name "Open..."
papyrus.default.font "ITC Garamond Book 11pt"
papyrus.default.geometry 800x600+0+0
*.tmpdir.name U:\tmp
Each standard 'function' (not sure this is the best word for it) would
have a number of well-defined attributes like in the example above.
Different types for the values could be handled, perhaps you want to
define a key in terms of a scancode.
aardvark.find.key 0x01020304
I'm uncertain about the idea of application-types... How many dtp
packages or word processors is a user likely to have? Would it really
be *useful* to be able to define a different key for 'Quit' just for
image processing apps?
>chrisridd:
>>What we *should* be doing, IMHO, is proposing and voting for the
>>existence of a shortcut file or files, and only then discussing the
>>precise contents of it. The whole voting period should be much shorter
>>too, as this list is very active :-) Say two weeks per vote.
>
>Voting before discussion? That's not very democratic. It's like voting
>for a parliament, THEN letting them discuss policy.
Well, you missed my point (or maybe I didn't make it too well :-)
which was that we should all *agree* to the principle of having a
such-and-such, and only then fully defining it. Maybe voting on the
principle would be too strong though...
>Preclude discussion and you end up with
>the type of standards comittees you often get in industry: where
>everyone is just trying to make THEIR PRODUCT the standard, regardless
>of its merits.
Hmmm. This sounds mighty similar to the gem toolkit discussion/flame fest.
--Chris
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