Re: Multiple nibs
Re: Multiple nibs
- Subject: Re: Multiple nibs
- From: Vince DeMarco <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 19:39:45 -0800
On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 09:57 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:27:51 +0100, Ondra Cada <email@hidden> said:
CD> >>Why use multiple nibs as opposed to putting everything in one big
nib
Christophe Dore (CD) wrote at Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:02:35 +0100:
CD> That used to be an habit for application that targetted several
CD> plateforms, where menus had to be slightly different, to respect each
CD> plateform's general UI guides.
CD>
CD> Now, this can also be for instance helpfull if you want to localize
your
CD> menu without localizing the windows.
That's quite secondary. The primary aim is in loading on-demand (to
speed up
launch), and in loading more times to get copies (as with loading the
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.
Yes you should never have 1 big nib file.
Why is it a pain in the butt to have many files open in IB???
YOu can minimize the document (and all its windows) to the doc, so you can
work on one document at a time.
vince
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