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GUI Independence: The LyX Way

The LyX Team

1 November 1998

This document provides an overview of the GUI independence scheme being developed for LyX. Not everything in this document has been implemented as of the time of writing. However, it is likely that some minor changes from the description given here may be necessary as work progresses.

1. Introduction

1.1 Elements expected to be found in all GUI frontends
1.2 A quick overview by Asger
1.3 Paper Organisation

2. Dialogs

2.1 GUI Independent Dialogs
2.2 More on signals
2.3 Dialog communication
2.4 What dialogs?
2.5 Other dialog issues

3. Frames

3.1 Communications
3.2 Custom toolbars
3.3 BufferViews
3.4 LyXView

4. Painter and LyXScreen

5. Port implementation(? better name)

6. Multi-Toolkit Development

7. Using external GUI constructors (XForms fdesign)

7.1 Suggestions for Gnome

8. Credits

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