[haiku-development] Re: Attaching notes to any open windows
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:03:35 +0200
On 2009-04-01 at 13:59:52 [+0200], Salvatore Benedetto <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
Best regards,
-Stephan
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