[REBOL] Re: Dynamic Data Table Layouts/Lists
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 16-Mar-2002 11:11
Hi James,
<< What I am interested in finding out is are there any others who are
working
in the area of editable tables? Here I am thinking of basic spreadsheet /
cell editing functionality as well as display. Can the list object be
mangled in this way? >>
Sunanda has developed some grid/tree code, and Ryan recently posted some as
well. I'm heading down a slightly different path, which is to render the
data with DRAW commands and then create just one, or a few, live faces for
editing when necessary. For a small number of items, dynamic layouts should
work fine. The issue with them will be scalability. For really large numbers
of faces, you'll have to do some kind of creation/destruction as things move
around, or just impose upper limits on things, which is also a viable
alternative.
<< Another query is does anyone who has used IOS know if there is better
spreadsheet style handling available than the basic list object from >>
Not that I know of. Though Allen is working on some style ideas as well, I
think.
--Gregg
