[Zope3-dev] Proposed widget/schema work for the Rivah sprint (Thursday and Friday this week)

[Gary Poster]

On Aug 29, 2005, at 6:37 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:

> On Monday, August 29, 2005 4:33 PM, Gary Poster wrote:
>
>
>>> Couldn't 'initial_getter' just be implemented using a property
>>> version of 'initial'?
>>
>> Yes, it could.  The only downside is that it wouldn't be
>> usable as an
>> initialization argument.  I don't feel very strongly about it
>> one way
>> or the other.  It sounds like Jim is a definite -1 (as I thought he
>> might be :-) so I'm happy to drop it.
>
> I think I agree with Jim, see my other post.

OK.  He and I brainstormed a bit more about it.  That does sound like  
part of a fruitful area for sprint conversations.

>>> Cool. I don't know if this is the same thing, but we have a widget
>>> that handles editing two related fields. One field is a boolean
>>> that, when False, renders the other field not-applicable. E.g. when
>>> the user unselects a checkbox, a list box becomes disabled. Our
>>> implementation is a bit of a hack, since the widget has to cheat
>>> and get access to additional fields.
>>>
>>
>> Huh, interesting.  It sounds different.  What is the typical use for
>> this sort of field?
>>
>
> It's not a field -- it's a widget that cheats and updates multiple  
> fields because the fields are closely related. Probably not worth  
> worrying about at this point.

OK

>>> I can probably free up some time to look at SimpleInputWidget.
>>
>> That would be great--you mean, during the same time as the
>> sprint, or
>> before, or after?  If before or during, we should probably  
>> coordinate.
>
> If the API falls into a collaboration category, I can try to be  
> available via IRC. I suspect it will be more efficient to just have  
> a brainstorm during the sprint, put together a simple proposal and  
> work up a prototype. The SingleInputWidget Jim's talking about will  
> end up looking a lot like SimpleInputWidget.

:-)

> When is the sprint anyway? :-)

This Thursday and Friday, Sept. 1 & 2.

Gary