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8th December 1999
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This is Gorm version 0.0 ... a very pre-pre-alpha release.
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I'm away from home until the 13th of December, so my aim in placing this
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code in the CVS repository is to let people have a look over the next few
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days and let me know if I'm heading in the wrong direction.
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Please note - to build this code you will need the latest library source
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from the CVS repository, and it may be that you also need to be using the
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xgps backend rather than xdps (I don't have xdps running to test it on).
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Gorm is an acronym for Graphic Object Relationship modeler (or perhaps
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GNUstep Object Relationship Modeler).
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Gorm is a clone of the NeXTstep 'Interface Builder' application for GNUstep.
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Gorm is not 'gormless' (a Yorkshire dialect word that my parents used when they
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spotted me staring, slack-jawed, at the TV).
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My aim in writing this is to get a usable IB clone working before the new
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millenium, so there is not much time left.
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By 'usable' I mean that, at least for simple user interfaces, it should be
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possible to create/edit/test archived representations of an interface more
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easily using Gorm than by coding by hand.
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This initial version of the software doesn't come close to that goal - so
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don't go expecting very much.
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Current state -
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Save/Load 'nib' documents (binary archived data)
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This works so far as it can be tested - but that's just archives containing
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windows or panels so far.
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Load palettes
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Loading of palettes works. You can load palettes from the 'Tools' menu.
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Gorm automatically loads all the palettes from its Resources directory.
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Basic framework
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So far, the app provides a basic framework that needs fleshing out.
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It has a palettes manager object that allows you to select a palette and
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drag items from the palette into your document.
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It has a special per-document editor object, which keeps track of a matrix
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of icons representing the top-level objects in the document.
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It has an inspector manager class, which updates the inspector panel
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when the selected object is changed by an editor.
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It has special inspectors for handling an empty selection or a multiple
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selection.
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Palettes
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Four palettes (three of which are empty at present) are built and installed
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in the apps Resources directory.
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The Window palette is more fully fleshed out than the other palettes.
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It permits windows and panels to be created in Gorm.
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If provides the start of a window attributes inspector.
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