Hi, Doug,

Yes, you are right. I started to think on this also for the AppRegistry 
selections. (i.e. SystemBrowser registry)

I will probably start to implement it after I finish the refactorings of 
the long promised font preferences.

Regards,
Hernán

Doug Way wrote:
> Thanks for the preferences work.  Boolean, Numeric, Text, and Color all
> sound like good fundamental preferences "types" to have.
> 
> One fundamental preferences type that is still needed, though, is some
> sort of multiple-choice or radio-button type.  Maybe call it "Choice" or
> something.  It could be represented as a set of Symbols, one of which is
> currently "selected".  It would show up in the PreferencesBrowser as a
> set of radio buttons, only one of which can be selected at a time.
> 
> You mentioned in the other thread that you have a "Halos" preferences
> type (based on the previously existing Halos preference)... this one
> should really be implemented as a Choice type instead.
> 
> There are a few current Boolean preferences which should really be
> Choice preferences, such as the
> swapCtrlAndAltKeys/dupCtrlAndAltKeys/dupAllCtrlAndAltKeys combo.  Right
> now we have to have an ugly hack which prevents you from selecting more
> than one of these.  Also browseWithPrettyPrint/colorPrettyPrint, and
> there may be others.
> 
> - Doug
> 
> 
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:37:17 -0300, "Hernan Tylim" <htylim at yahoo.com.ar>
> said:
> 
>>Hi,
>>    I just wanted to advertise that I added to PreferenceBrowser support 
>>for Windows Colors and HTTP Proxy settings. The required refactoring for 
>>them are waiting on Mantis. If you are interested,  please review them 
>>and ask for their inclusion on 3.9a.
>>
>>There are 3 .cs
>>
>>The Window Color refactorings:
>>http://bugs.impara.de/view.php?id=634
>>( WindowColorPrefs-hpt.2.cs )
>>
>>A 2 methods .cs that adds numeric preferences support to the base image 
>>to the already present text, color, and boolean preferences :
>>http://bugs.impara.de/view.php?id=646
>>( NumericPrefs-hpt.1.cs )
>>
>>HTTPSocket refactoring to use Preferences instead of a class variables 
>>to store the HTTP Proxy Settings:
>>http://bugs.impara.de/view.php?id=648
>>( HTTPProxyPrefs-hpt.1.cs )
>>
>>Regards,
>>Hernán
> 
> 
>