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diff --git a/src/ui/view/README b/src/ui/view/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9316f8b --- /dev/null +++ b/src/ui/view/README @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + +This directory contains the class Inkscape::UI::View::View and related items. + +View is an abstract base class for all UI document views. Documents +can be displayed by more than one window, each having its own view +(e.g. zoom level, selection, etc.). + +View is the base class for: + +* SPDesktop +* SVGView REMOVED + +SPViewWidget is the base for: + +* SPDocumentWidget +* SPSVGViewWidget REMOVED + +SPSVGViewWidget has been replaced by SVGViewWidget, see below. + + +SPViewWidget: + Contains a GtkEventBox and holds a View. + +SPDesktopWidget: + Contains: + VBox + HBox + GtkGrid + GtkPaned + GtkGrid + SPCanvas + Plus lots of other junk. + + +SVGViewWidget: + Used many places as a convenient way to show an SVG (file dialog, Inkview). + Derived, rather uselessly, from Gtk::Scrollbar. + It no longer is dependent on View (and really doesn't belong here anymore). + + It contains: SPCanvas + +To do: + + +* Convert everything to C++. +* Evaluate moving SPDesktopWidget down the widget stack. + It doesn't use the EventBox of SPViewWidget! + +A DesktopViewWidget should contain: + DesktopView (aka SPDesktop) + SPCanvas |