Am 11.02.2019 um 09:22 schrieb Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm@gmail.com>:

On 11 Feb 2019, at 09:20, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice@gmail.com> wrote:

Le��lun. 11 f��vr. 2019 ����08:45, Norbert Hartl <norbert@hartl.name> a ��crit��:

> Am 11.02.2019 um 08:00 schrieb��estebanlm@gmail.com:
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> Hello!
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> This is my weekly ChangeLog, from 4 February 2019 to 10 February 2019.
> You can see it in a better format by going here:��http://log.smallworks.eu/web/search?from=4/2/2019&to=10/2/2019
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> ChangeLog
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> 9 February 2019:
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> *�� �� === On layouts
>�� �� As you know, I've been working�� �� on layouts for Spec 2. The basic layouts I want to have available next week(s) are four:��
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>�� �� * +SpecBoxLayout+ : A simple way to place components horizontally or vertically��
>�� �� * +SpecPanedLayout+ : Same as box layout, but with a resizable splitter (and it will allow just two... if you want more you will need to compose).
>�� �� * +SpecGridLayout+ : To place components in a grid (x,y coordinates and spans)
>�� �� * +SpecXYLayout+ : This could be renamed as +SpecAbsoluteLayout+ and it's name says all, it will allow absolute location of components (obviously, in relation with its parent).
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>�� �� For a second phase there will be a couple more +SpecFlowLayout+ and a kasowari layout (without name yet :P).
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Apple and others call it auto layout. I don���t like that name as it isn���t really clear. It could be called ConstraintLayout.

+1 for�� ConstraintLayout

Ok, Constraint will be :)

(But it will not arrive until half part of P8 development :P)

No problem if you remember then ;) In the meantime you can rename XYLayout to AbsoluteLayout :D

Norbert

Esteban

Norbert
>�� �� The ones on first phase are the most important ones. In particular, we have detected that with��
>�� �� first three (Box, Paned, Grid) we can reproduce everything we have currently in Pharo. The second phase��
>�� �� will add possibilities for the future.
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>�� �� Anyway, I have "kind-of-working" the first three, but I have problems when applying layouts here and there, because
>�� �� morphic time to time wants to behave differently than asked.
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>�� �� One of the problems is that for this layouts, to make them behave correctly (and without a lot of work from users),��
>�� �� I will need to add the concept of "minimum, preferred and maximum" extent. Reason why I'm playing with a small
>�� �� implementation of styling... which most probably will go away once I find the best way to handle this constraints.
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>�� �� So, this week I have nothing finished, just a pointer to my current work: [https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0](https://github.com/estebanlm/Spec/tree/dev-2.0)
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> 7 February 2019:
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> *�� �� Small fix-a-day: [https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452](https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/pull/2452)
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> cheers!��
> Esteban
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