====== Work notes on PHP-GTK ======




===== Auto-creating variables from Glade files =====

From a suggestion by C. Weiske on irc://irc.freenode.net/php-gtk : 
  * first idea: use the DOM of the Glade file and a XPath selection on nodes to iterate on the Glade model and create variables from the results
  * better idea: use <code>__get</code> in a class to create the members as needed, like <code php>$this->glade->get_widget_from_id($widgetname)</code>
    * __get is defined at http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php


====== Background work ======

  * For programs needing work being done behind the scenes, without freezing the UI, using an idle-directe finite state machine can be done with the [[fsm:start|OSInet FSM]]

====== Ideas to implement ======

  * structured logging
    * log_source/log_sink interfaces
    * switchable backends: file, console, syslog, gtk label...
  * chrono class: 
    * start
    * stop
    * lap (time)
    * implements log_source