[REBOL] Re: resize-vid
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 26-Mar-2003 1:10
Romano Paolo Tenca wrote:
>I've released resize-vid here (auto-resize system for layout windows):
>
>http://www.rebol.it/~romano/
>
>---
>Ciao
>Romano
>
OK, few things to discuss ...
1) do-resize is way too similar to resize-do :-) Maybe 'do-resize could
be renamed to simply 'resize?
2) I think that what we may often need is font resizing with face and
while resize-do with certain code can do nearly whatever, I call for
'resize-font as a shortcut facet
3) One of the most confusing things about VID I found is - its 'list
style. And why? Because it combines dialect with absolutly unintuitive
way of mixing dialect and function body, which presumes user to know
exposed local function words! So confusing! I watched several newbies
struggling with style and in the end not using it. So, that is why I
suggest to rethink following aproach:
*text "Resize the font" resize-do [
if delta <> 0x0 [
face/font/size: face/size/y * 0.5
]
]*
delta
is the pain. I wonder if I am the only one who feels that way,
or is that anyone else with similar observations? The worst thing is -
how to do it more intuitively?
4) I wonder what others think of 'anchor facet in relation to
imagination what will actually e.g. anchor-xy 'button 1x0 do? :-) That
seems to be the toughest part for me, as it takes me a while to imagine,
what will actually happen to layout. But maybe it is just my slow
thinking? ... maybe it just requires a bit of a training :-)
5) naming concept - do-resize, resize-dump, auto-resize .... what about
wrapping them into context and allow resize/dump, resize/do,
resize/auto, resize/whatever? Just a thought ....
Anyway - to most of you, Romano's system will work out of the box imo
.... just remember one rule! - apply auto-resize to layout first, check
what the layout does for you automatically, and only then try to add
some resize related facets ... in most cases you will not need to do
nearly anything or you will be OK with simple resize-next facet ....
cheers,
-pekr-
