Os 3.2 development preview

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@Matt_H, wiser3:

>Suggestion: can we get these Commodore BOOPSI classes to become part of the official OS distribution?

With the exception of led.image, they all have ReAction equivalents which are considerably better.

>Yes, more BOOPSI please. Greatly preferred over ReAction.

ReAction is a set of standard BOOPSI classes, so that statement doesn't really make sense.

>There's label.image and a new cycle.gadget on the BOOPSI front that never made it out of Commodore HQ.

ReAction has label.image and chooser.gadget.

>The 1993 DevCon notes also detail planned directions for the UI, of which those BOOPSI classes were the beginning. Would it make sense to continue down that path?

Yes, it would. ReAction is that path.

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FWIW, the "BOOPSI/GI1/Classes/images/led.image" in that archive is clearly misnamed. The gadget is actually an "LCD" component.

Not really, it is a seven-segment display component. Such displays can be implemented via LED, LCD, or other technologies.

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A regular user doesn't care how many bytes of RAM are available

It is important information for all users, which is why it has been shown on the titlebar since OS1.x.

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And ideally, it should be easy to import/export prefs from some text file format...

I don't think there is any situation where this would actually be useful; you can already use a tool like Report+ to examine preference files in a user-friendly way if necessary.

Anything resembling "Reaction Prefs" should be avoided, instead this should be merged with Fonts prefs and just be one "Appearance Prefs" or similar.

Fonts and ReAction are not especially related. Most preferences editors could be construed as having something to do with appearance.

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Why not use xml for that and use iff (import) as 2nd option ?

That would be contrary to the official Style Guide: "It is recommended that you use an IFF FORM for preferences files." Also, XML would be much less efficient.

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@rxxic:

Well, don't throw away your OS3.9 CD just yet; not every tool will be as feature-complete as H&P's equivalents, so some components from OS3.2 will be better to be overwritten with OS3.9 components.

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Such as?

Such as IconEdit.