[sldev] [VIEWER] GUI xml documentation and/or insights

[Rob Lanphier]

On 9/9/07 6:59 AM, Lawson English wrote:
> So... how many have managed to figure out how the various xml GUI
> elements work? How does one work with the xml template for  the
> LLScrollListCtrl class, for example (that being what I'm trying to
> work with right now)?

The info we have now is here:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linguistic_QA_with_the_Second_Life_Viewer

...but that's probably not what you're looking for.  Better
documentation is on the roadmap:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User_Interface_Roadmap

> Is there a central location for this info? Are the Lindens required to
> parse the xml files and decipher what a given GUI thingie does, or is
> there some notes available internally that give them hints? If the
> former, why don't they keep notes? If the latter why aren't they
> available to the rest of us?
It's a relatively immature component of the system.

> And regardless, why aren't there categories for contributing the
> missing documentation listed in the wiki?

Because you haven't created them ;-)

Try this:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Viewer_architecture

Rob


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