[MacRuby-devel] Some general MacRuby/Cocoa questions

[Timo Springmann]

Good morning,

Am 11.11.2011 um 23:36 schrieb Henry Maddocks:
> On 12/11/2011, at 10:07 AM, Timo Springmann <timo at orangeorb.de> wrote:
>> class AnotherController < NSWindowController
>>  def windowNibName()
>>    return "Another"
>>  end
>> end
> 
> From a code point of view what you have done here is correct, one controller per window (view), the rails paradigm is similar to cocoa.
> But from a UI point of view this isn't very Mac like. Mac apps tend to have the list and detail views in panes in the same window, a split view. Look at mail.app, message list down one side, message details on the other side.

To stay with your Mail.app example: when you create a new mail you do this in a new window (at least in Mail.app from Snow Leopard, don't know about Lion). As my data will have many attributes I would like to open a new window to enter all the details. 

I've also planned a "preview pane", where you can see the objects details when you select them in the TableView.

I think one controller per window is fine. What I don't like about the code is the windowNibName method. Do I really have to do it this way? Or is there a better way to 'connect' my in IB designed window to my ruby contoller class?

Regards,
Timo

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