On 02/08/2009 03:19 PM, Milosz Derezynski wrote:
Hey Josh!
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Josh Andler <scislac@...400... mailto:scislac@...400...> wrote:
Bulia, Isn't it a goal to get the on-canvas text editing via the Text Tool to a point that the Text & Font dialog can be removed? I'm mainly wondering because it seems like if that is the case, the proposed work to the dialog would effectively be a waste of resources.Do you mean something like context menus or perhaps (what I'd rather have in mind) popup windows which pop up next to the text items and from which you can edit the properties, sort of like a pop-up ribbon maybe? That sounds like a great idea! Is it that what you meant?
No, I was speaking specifically about the Tool Controls bar for the Text Tool, I believe the only two things in the text and font dialog it lacks is the line spacing widget and the ability to spell-check (which currently is not done on canvas). Honestly though I would be somewhat intrigued by a pop-up hud that could be called by a keypress that perhaps had either the basic text controls or maybe an advanced set. One example with an art program that has one hud element I'm aware of (it's pretty nifty) is one of the color pickers in MyPaint:
http://mypaint.intilinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mypaint060b.jpg
With a key press the color picker encircles the tool to allow color selection with minimal mouse movement, another key press (same key) and it's dismissed.
Milosz, Long time no see! I hope all is well. Do you have any idea as to the scope of what they will be funding? Is it depending on what is proposed, or is there a set amount of money allotted?It depends really on what has been proposed. I don't know about the general amount of money they can spend.
I'm not sure if we can still change the scope of what I'm about to do because the negotiations seem to be in a final stage, however if this should not be possible, I can take care of coding whatever I'll be doing now so that it could be easily rearranged into the aforementioned popups, the widgets used and the "frontend backend" code will just have to be generic enough.
Also, what type of feedback are you looking for since the negotiations appear to be at such a late stage? And as usual, the more generic and reusable code is, the better. :)
Cheers, Josh