@chapter 0 @package ArpLayout @title Motivation

Yet Another Layout Library...

This layout library was started back in the days of DR8. It didn't change for a long time after that first prototype because, until R4, manually resizing BViews has been too slow to (IMHO) make a layout library based on them practical. However, now with the coming of R4 and its new Begin/EndViewTransaction() mechanism -- as well as the fact that there still doesn't seem to be a layout library that completely meets our needs -- I have cleaned up the code so that it is semi-usable (at least for my needs), and decided to release what I have as open source.

The main features/goals of this library are:

Be sure to look at the source code in ArpTest/ArpLayout to get a feel for one (possible) way to use the library!