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diff --git a/documentation/fluid.html b/documentation/fluid.html index 2cb7a2508..7ccec9f9c 100644 --- a/documentation/fluid.html +++ b/documentation/fluid.html @@ -5,10 +5,22 @@ <BODY> <H1 ALIGN="RIGHT"><A NAME="FLUID">9 - Programming with FLUID</A></H1> -This chapter shows how to use the Fast Light User-Interface Designer -("FLUID") to create your GUIs. +<P>This chapter shows how to use the Fast Light User-Interface Designer +("FLUID") to create your GUIs.</P> -<H2>What is FLUID?</H2> +<P>Subchapters: +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="#what_is_fluid">What is FLUID</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#fluid_under_linux">Running FLUID Under UNIX</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#fluid_under_windows">Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#compiling_fl_files">Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#tutorial">A Short Tutorial</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#references">FLUID Reference</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#I18N">Internationalization with FLUID</A></LI> +<LI><A HREF="#limitations">Know limitations</A></LI> +</UL></P> + +<H2><A NAME="what_is_fluid">What is FLUID?</A></H2> <P>The Fast Light User Interface Designer, or FLUID, is a graphical editor that is used to produce FLTK source code. FLUID @@ -50,7 +62,7 @@ structures. An unnamed widget has a blank name and no pointer is stored.</P> <P>Widgets may either call a named callback function that you write in another source file, or you can supply a small piece of C++ source and FLUID will write a private callback function into the <TT>.cxx</TT> file.</P> -<H2>Running FLUID Under UNIX</H2> +<H2><A NAME="fluid_under_linux">Running FLUID Under UNIX</A></H2> To run FLUID under UNIX, type: <UL> <PRE> @@ -86,13 +98,13 @@ background with '&' then you will be able to abort FLUID by typing <KBD>CTRL-C</KBD> on the terminal. It will exit immediately, losing any changes.</P> -<H2>Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</H2> +<H2><A NAME="fluid_under_windows">Running FLUID Under Microsoft Windows</A></H2> <P>To run FLUID under WIN32, double-click on the <I>FLUID.exe</I> file. You can also run FLUID from the Command Prompt window. FLUID always runs in the background under WIN32. -<H2>Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</H2> +<H2><A NAME="compiling_fl_files">Compiling <TT>.fl</TT> files</A></H2> <P>FLUID can also be called as a command-line "compiler" to create the <TT>.cxx</TT> and <TT>.h</TT> @@ -125,7 +137,7 @@ files to be compiled: fluid -c $< </PRE></UL> -<H2>A Short Tutorial</H2> +<H2><A NAME="tutorial">A Short Tutorial</A></H2> <P>FLUID is an amazingly powerful little program. However, this power comes at a price as it is not always obvious how to @@ -478,7 +490,7 @@ extensions and you are in business. You can include the CubeViewUI.h <!-- NEW PAGE --> -<H2>FLUID Reference</H2> +<H2><A NAME="references">FLUID Reference</A></H2> <P>The following sections describe each of the windows in FLUID. @@ -1338,5 +1350,14 @@ file to be used for all of the windows defined in your <P>The "Set" field controls the set number in the catalog file. The default set is 1 and rarely needs to be changed. +<H2><A NAME="limitations">Know limitations</A></H2> + +Declaration Blocks can be used to temporarily block out already +designed code using <code>#if 0</code> and <code>#endif</code> +type construction. This will effectively avoid compilation of +blocks of code. However, static code and data generated by this +segment (menu items, images, include statements, etc.) will still +be generated and likely cause compile-time warnings. + </BODY> </HTML> |