Y.A.P.R.M. - Yet Another POV-Ray-Modeller - GDL for Managing the Layout of the new Y.A.P.R.M.

After playing around with GTKmm for some time I have already a first version running. This version is capable of loading and saving Y.A.P.R.M. scene files. Also the import of 3D model files with assimp is working. However you can't see much as you are just able to render the scene.

Currently I'm playing around with different layouts and how to structure the different elements of Y.A.P.R.M. in order to get the components working together. During this I found the Gnome Devtool Library (GDL). This lib is used mainly by Anjuta, but also Inskape is using it for its doking widgets. Now you can already imagine why I like to use this lib: Dockable widgets. With these a very flexible combination of different view layouts can be achieved. And as the current poll shows there are different views how the view layout should look like. With GDL most can be satisfied.

However as GDL is a C-style library its usage together with GTKmm is not as intutive and easy as could be. Furthermore there is not really a documentation available. Therefore I'm very glad that I found the work of Erwin Rol who did a mm-style C++ wraper for GDL, which can be found here: GDLMM.

I hoped that I allready have some screenshost for you but as also to little time for to much work. For those of you who would like to have a first look: you can find in the SVN.

Enjoy Alil


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