We’re getting to the point where we need to have the disclosures we added to GIMP communicate with a separate disclosure window to avoid the infinite pop-ups that we are currently using. The current GIMP Plug-In architecture does not let GIMP directly give information to plug-ins, which is exactly what we need to do. We … Continue reading »
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Disclosures Interface
This week we’ve been writing the console that our disclosures will appear in with Glade. In addition to displaying Scheme commands, our interface will also allow users to easily search, copy and clear the text buffer with buttons in the main window. We hope that the accessibility of these functions will encourage novice programmers to … Continue reading »
Learning via Self-Disclosure
Andy: My first experience I had with programming was using visual basic to make small UIs with limited functionality. Classes at this time were typically small and taught lab style where most of the class would be devoted to a current project. Projects were self-created and tended to span multiple weeks. As an early programer, … Continue reading »
Chart ‘n’ Art: Early Self-Disclosure
We, Pelle Hall, Andrew Hirakawa, and Jennelle Nystrom, are working on the Self Disclosing Code project in Glimmer labs at Grinnell College. Self Disclosing Code is the general idea of showing how actions that have been preformed by the mouse could have been done by programming. We are working in the MediaScheme environment in GIMP, … Continue reading »
Creating a Disclosure Plug-in
This past week in Glimmer, in addition to helping partners with their projects, I have been working on some more details of the self-disclosure implementation. I have been adding disclosure messages for more actions, and I am currently struggling to deal with a problem with slider bars. When a user slides a bar, the context … Continue reading »
