gEDA-dev: Project Manager

[Stuart Brorson]

Hi Newell --

> One of the ways that I wanted the Project Manager to unfold was to have the
> gEDA tools (gschem, etc) embedded/nested within the main window.  I have
> been searching on how to do this using PyGTK/GTK and it looks like the only
> way that we are going to be able to run external xwindow apps within
> PyGTK/GTK is to use Plugs and Sockets.  However, in order for this to work
> the external GUI apps have to be GTK apps.  I haven not scanned all the
> source but it seems some of the apps use GTK (version?) so this may work.
> For the ones that are not implemented with GTK, AFAIK we would need to write
> GTK wrappers and since I have never done this I do not know how much work is
> involved.  Any thoughts and/or suggestions?

All graphical apps in gEDA use GTK.  I don't know how you intend to
handle non-graphical apps (gnucap), but I suppose one could write a
think wrapper.

BTW:  I just posted a question for you at the Google application
page.  Please take a look at it and perhaps give it an answer, either
there or here.

Thanks!

Stuart