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+App Builder
+
+This is a Seed based application builder.. - currently basically a prototype..
+
+
+The idea is that it can build applications both web based (using roojs) and Desktop based using Gtk
+and the gobject introspection bindings.
+
+It's kind of like Glade on steroids..
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+Usage:
+
+seed builder_run.js
+
+-> create a project
+-> add a folder to the project
+-> add a file to the project..
+Files are JSON data files at present.. 
+
+-----------------------------------------------------
+Where it is..
+
+* basic builder app runs - you can build a tree of elements making up a interface for roo and gtk.
+* listeners are  created correctly.
+* listeners with gtk prototypes
+* Gtk properties that are enums - now show a combo selector..
+
+-----------------------------------------------------
+TODO
+* change sourceview to use spaces rather than tabs.
+* Icon-size (should be an enum...??)
+* (Image|....??? ).stock - should be a list of stock icons..
+* fix pulldowns for types.. - it's a bit hap hazard with the delayed / loading of settings.
+* packing - gather from methods to find out which match.. (including false)
+* order of palete needs fixing.
+* support user functions/properties..
+* adding a file does not display on project tree straight awya..
+* calculate mouseover for rendered view of Gtk preview.
+* create output to JS ...
+* templates for elements... - eg. defaults for classic elements.
+* sort out add heirachy for Gtk..
+* Project Tree needs to work perhaps like a left hand popout.
+* make heirachy editor...
+* use application to write itself...
+* Help view - load docs..
+
+-----------------------------------------------------
+Concepts
+
+Basically both Roo and JS are built using a tree of elements (tagged with xtype/xns)
+sub elements always go in the items array..
+we have some special properties of elements, eg.
+
+*prop (a property of the parent)
+xtype (element type) eg. Window / Button etc..
+|xns  (namespace) = eg. Gtk/Roo etc.
+
+|**** anything starting with a pipe is raw data field rather than quoted..
+
+
+each element can have a property listeners which is where the listeners go...
+
+