Re: Multiple nibs
Re: Multiple nibs
- Subject: Re: Multiple nibs
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 09:57:08 -0800
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:27:51 +0100, Ondra Cada <email@hidden> said:
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CD> >>Why use multiple nibs as opposed to putting everything in one big nib
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>>>>>> Christophe Dore (CD) wrote at Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:02:35 +0100:
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CD> That used to be an habit for application that targetted several
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CD> plateforms, where menus had to be slightly different, to respect each
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CD> plateform's general UI guides.
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CD>
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CD> Now, this can also be for instance helpfull if you want to localize your
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CD> menu without localizing the windows.
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That's quite secondary. The primary aim is in loading on-demand (to speed up
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launch), and in loading more times to get copies (as with loading the
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document NIB each time a document-specific GUI should be created).
Another not insignificant reason is that for the programmer a big nib file
is a big pain in the butt. (Of course, having multiple nib files open
simultaneously in IB is also a big pain in the butt. Bigger, maybe.) m.
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