I will have a look but here this is ***totally*** frantic.....arghhhh.

On 23 févr. 07, at 08:18, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:

> Some time ago I stepped through the process of applying a new  
> software layer to an existing package, without creating mutual  
> dependency. The base package is Todd's excellent html+css parser+DOM
>
> - http://www.squeaksource.com/htmlcssparser
>
> I used the W3 spec for designing the new software layer
>
> - http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/abstract_modules.html
> - http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/dtd.html
>
> The result is attached. It consists of Traits and the intended  
> users of it. As yet no new method has been written; that's a bit  
> too much for me at the moment. I still have not decided what to  
> use, Morphic or Tweak. But if one of the layout experts would  
> explain to me how to layout html+css in the Morphic or in the Tweak  
> world then I'm sure this project can benefit from your expertise.
>
> As can be seen from the attached source code, W3's "modules" when  
> implemented as Traits can be attached easily to Todd's fine  
> classes, without any side effect, in a Monticello-friendly fashion.  
> And if someone would decide to get rid of such "crap" then the  
> Traits can as well be deimplemented without any side effect.
>
> It's also easy to imagine that from here on more than *two*  
> developers can work on the same project; for example one on the  
> hmtl-lists, another on the html-forms, etc, without disturbing each  
> other. And if one of them has a requirement, master package-owner  
> has the power to rule. What else can a Squeaker want :)
>
> The above can perhaps be used for debating Traits in Squeak. Fur  
> sure the html+css engines belong to the most complicated pieces of  
> software in this time on this planet. They do, in *parallel*,  
> multiple http sessions, layout of parts, user interaction, security  
> tasks, scripting, plug-in instantiation, resource constraints, etc,  
> only for loading *one* single page from the web.
>
> I would appreciate if the Traits discussion could be directed  
> towards practical solutions for this practical problem. I hope that  
> the html+css project can benefit from your expertise, experience  
> and opinion.
>
> /Klaus
> <HTML-DOM-Modularization-kwl.zip>
>