[openbeos-preferences] Re: Request for Comments: Preference Minikits

Make it a static LIB, so that the prefs app is still a single file.

my .02 cents...

Michael

On Monday, March 11, 2002, at 07:52 PM, Agi Rivera wrote:

>
> Hello.
>
> While working on the Backgrounds Pref, I found myself steering a little
> bit. Here's the story:
>
> Backgrounds are implemented as directory attributes. Tracker only reads
> and does the appropriate drawing of images. It's up to you to put them,
> so the Backgrounds Pref. There are two type of backgrounds: the folders,
> and the desktop (that being adding the workspace twist).
>
> So I took similarities and made the abstract BBackground class. And from
> there I'll be refining the BFolderBackground and the BDesktopBackground.
> Put them on a library (the minikit). And use the lib on the Pref. My
> decision was that so others can easily do on their apps what is
> basically done on the Pref.
>
> If I'll continue to that road (the first concept of course was to stuff
> everything in the Pref), is there any disadvantage I'm not aware of? Am
> I breaking any rule in the Be arch?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Agi
>
>
>

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