Buenos dias, amigos!
I have to write _simple_ gui library, for embedding into game. My
first attempt was to use XML: isn't it cute to describe ui in such a
way:
<window>
<title>Hello World!</title>
<image text="nice picture here" pos=... src=... />
<text opts=...>
(some text here)
</text>
<list>
<item>first element</item>
<item>second one...</item>
</list>
<button action=... text="Click Me!" />
</window>
(or something similar)
But after reading "Python Is Not Java"
http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html (BTW I'm not a
Java programmer) I realised that it is actually not cute at all :) (am
I wrong here?)
I am currently seeking for pythonic alternative for XML. One possible
way is to create a class for every (type of?) window, like
class SomeDlg(Window) :
def __init__(self, dict?):
self.setdict(di ct)
self.add_text(" $friend would like to speak to you. $question")
self.add_button (action=self.on click,
text="Yeah, I'd like to $action !")
...
def onclick(self):
# process data here, send some messages etc.
Isn't it ugly a bit? Another variant is
dlg = Window(dict, [opts])
dlg.text("text here", [opts])
dlg.image(src, pos, text [etc])
.....
or possibly
dlg = Window(...)
dlg.text = Text(...)
dlg.button = Button(...)
....
dlg.display(sur face)
These styles of course can be combined... But IMHO looks not very nice
:( Maybe I shall not rely on introspection? Any suggestions, comments,
thoughts and links are welcome.
Thanks.
