[haiku-development] Re: Attaching notes to any open windows
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:48:19 +0200 CEST
> > suppose I want to develop an application for taking notes (like
> > Tomboy
> > for gnome).
> >
> > Now suppose I also want to be able to "attach" any notes to any
> > opened
> > windows at any position,
> > like when you attach a note to the fridge :-) . Even though they
> > are not
> > able to accept replicants.
> >
> > First of all, is that possible? If it is, what would be the best
> > way for
> > doing this?
> >
> > Under the assumption that it is possible, my idea would be to
> > provide an
> > application
> > server addon, that intercept BMessages from the notes application
> > when
> > drag and dropping
> > a note into a window, in order to get ID of the note, position of
> > where
> > the note has to be attached
> > (draw) and of course the ID of the window.
> >
> > Please comment.
>
> Not so easily possible. The code from "Stack and Tile" could help
> here. I
> just have my doubts that this feature will be useful enough to
> validate the
> effort and additional code.
Do you really need to use app_server ?
Couldn't you just monitor windows and update their positions ?
Moe does it:
http://bebits.com/app/1995
http://desmoulins.ifrance.com/desmoulins/beos/applications/inutilitaires/moe/index.php
François.
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