[REBOL] Layout/Pane

From: ammonjohnson:yaho:o at: 5-Nov-2001 20:03

Hi,


    If you have noticed that when you use the layout function on a block of VID data, it 
    returns a face inside of a face in order to work with Origins, 7 offsets.  This is not 
    always desirable.  Sometimes I want just the contents not the contents wrapped in a face. 
     The problem with 'wraping' it is that if you want to use the face in multiple places 
    at the same time, REBOL throws a fit.  The cure is simple, but it requires the use of 
    an extra variable.  I propose that REBOL add a /Pane refinement to the Layout function. 
    This refinement would return the contents of the pane that layout would create.  See 
    below

;this is the current method of doing it.
a: layout [b: box 220x220 c:box 220x220 d: box 220x220] ;the main layout
e: layout [text "Testing"]  ; the face to put in the main layout.
b/pane: c/pane: d/pane: make c/pane []

; the new way!
a: layout [
    style testing box 220x220 with [
        pane: make layout/pane [text "Testing"
    ]
    testing
    testing
    testing
]

Any thoughts?

Enjoy!!
Ammon

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