Comments on: Working without a nib, Part 2: Also Also Wik http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/ Coding under the close supervision of cats Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lap Cat Software Blog » Blog Archive » Working without a nib, Part 4: setAppleMenu http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-9941 Lap Cat Software Blog » Blog Archive » Working without a nib, Part 4: setAppleMenu Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:38:39 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-9941 [...] nib, so it appears that this method is no more (or less) fragile than the technique I discovered in Part 2. As far as I can tell, setAppleMenu: sets the title of the menu to @"Apple" and the name of the [...] [...] nib, so it appears that this method is no more (or less) fragile than the technique I discovered in Part 2. As far as I can tell, setAppleMenu: sets the title of the menu to @”Apple” and the name of the [...]

]]> By: Lap Cat Software Blog » Blog Archive » Working without a nib, Part 7: The empire strikes back http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-9305 Lap Cat Software Blog » Blog Archive » Working without a nib, Part 7: The empire strikes back Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:36:17 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-9305 [...] previous posts of this series, I was forced to use obscure workarounds such as +[NSObject poseAsClass:] and [...] [...] previous posts of this series, I was forced to use obscure workarounds such as +[NSObject poseAsClass:] and [...]

]]> By: Marc Charbonneau http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 Marc Charbonneau Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:00:19 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-2226 I've done lots of little things where it's simply easier to create the UI programatically than to use a nib, especially if you're using button styles or whatever that you can't set within Interface Builder. I can't say I've ever wanted to build an entire application without one, but I'm glad people are thinking about these things all the same. I’ve done lots of little things where it’s simply easier to create the UI programatically than to use a nib, especially if you’re using button styles or whatever that you can’t set within Interface Builder. I can’t say I’ve ever wanted to build an entire application without one, but I’m glad people are thinking about these things all the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Anonymous Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:00:51 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-2225 Nice discovery! I still can't decide whether it's really that important to me to not use a nib, but at any rate I'm glad to be able to do it. Looking forward to your tackling the "could not connect the action..." messages. Nice discovery!

I still can’t decide whether it’s really that important to me to not use a nib, but at any rate I’m glad to be able to do it. Looking forward to your tackling the “could not connect the action…” messages.

]]> By: Jeff http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-2211 Jeff Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:30:16 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-2211 <p>If you've never had significant problems, I envy you. It's mostly the opacity of nibs that gives me trouble. They're basically unsearchable and undiffable, so sometimes it's impossible to predict whether changes in the source code will break the nibs, especially when you're working on a project you didn't create. Merging from version control with nibs can be a nightmare.</p> <p>Also, Interface Builder's user interface is not always the most pleasant, ironically.</p> If you’ve never had significant problems, I envy you. It’s mostly the opacity of nibs that gives me trouble. They’re basically unsearchable and undiffable, so sometimes it’s impossible to predict whether changes in the source code will break the nibs, especially when you’re working on a project you didn’t create. Merging from version control with nibs can be a nightmare.

Also, Interface Builder’s user interface is not always the most pleasant, ironically.

]]> By: Rudy http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/comment-page-1/#comment-2192 Rudy Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:45:26 +0000 http://lapcatsoftware.com/blog/2007/06/04/working-without-a-nib-part-2-also-also-wik/#comment-2192 And ... why is a nib file a problem? And … why is a nib file a problem?

]]>