My copy arrived from Amazon today, and the price was a bit lower than the initial announcement, $40.45, including shipping.
It looks pretty good. My acid test for any book on the subject is to read the section on [pack], and if I don't come out more confused than when I started, it is okay. TatTT2 has the clearest explanation of [pack] I have seen yet, and I look forward to having time to read more.
On Sep 14, 3:20 pm, Gerry Snyder <mesmerizer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My copy arrived from Amazon today, and the price was a bit lower than > the initial announcement, $40.45, including shipping.
> It looks pretty good. My acid test for any book on the subject is to > read the section on [pack], and if I don't come out more confused than > when I started, it is okay. TatTT2 has the clearest explanation of > [pack] I have seen yet, and I look forward to having time to read more.
I would adjust the acid test to reading the section on [grid] and seeing whether it convinces you that it is the best general geometry manager, even if more verbose. Because that's what it is but it isn't as easy as pack. ;)
Jeff Hobbs wrote: > On Sep 14, 3:20 pm, Gerry Snyder <mesmerizer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ....
>> My acid test for any book on the subject is to >> read the section on [pack]....
> I would adjust the acid test to reading the section on [grid] and > seeing whether it convinces you that it is the best general geometry > manager, even if more verbose. Because that's what it is but it isn't > as easy as pack. ;)
Jeff,
Actually, I did glance over the writeup of [grid] in the new book, and it did do a pretty good job of convincing me.
I really intended to write about the book, rather than about my deficiencies as a Tk programmer, but I will admit that me early reading about [grid] made me think it was (mostly) intended for even rectangular arrays of things, and not for general layouts. And so I used [pack] for almost everything. I realize now I misunderstood.
One of these long winter evenings I intend to recode one of my windows that currently has [pack]ed nested [frame]s using [grid], and see how I like the looks of the code and of the window.
I expect that will make me a convert. Especially if I remember how much trouble it was to add another nested frame when redesigning the window.
On Sep 14, 6:20 pm, Gerry Snyder <mesmerizer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My copy arrived from Amazon today, and the price was a bit lower than > the initial announcement, $40.45, including shipping.
> It looks pretty good. My acid test for any book on the subject is to > read the section on [pack], and if I don't come out more confused than > when I started, it is okay. TatTT2 has the clearest explanation of > [pack] I have seen yet, and I look forward to having time to read more.
