[GRASS5] Platform for next generation UI

[Trevor Wiens]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:54:07 +0000
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com> wrote:

> 
> Trevor Wiens wrote:
> 
> > 3. Other toolkits. This is the most daring choice and the one most
> > likely to fail to deliver anything, but offers the chance of getting
> > the ideal. In this camp, probably vanilla Qt is the best choice (IMHO)
> > as it is going to be around for a long time and is mature. GTK and wx
> > seem like fine tools, but the cross platform issues with GTK rule it
> > out
> 
> What cross-platform issues? I have never had any problems with the
> Windows port of Gtk.
> 
> Personally, I find that C++ libraries take more effort to learn, and
> result in code which is harder to understand if you aren't "fluent"
> with the library in question.

Glynn,

I agree with you about sometimes C++ libraries being difficult. In
fact, I don't like C++ and have more experience with C, Object Pascal
(Delphi) and Python. The tools for GUI construction with Qt were much
nicer than what was available for either wx or GTK when I looked
into it about a year ago. 

My concern with cross-platform issues related to GTK was about Mac OS X
as explained by Michael earlier. 

T
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