[GRASS-dev] Python GUI toolkits

[Michael Barton]

Perhaps a more important question. The GTK apps I know of (GIMP for example)
need x11 to run on my Mac. Can GTK apps run without x11? In Aqua on Macs? In
(whatever it is) on Windows?

Michael
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Arizona State University

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> From: Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 21:48:13 +0100
> To: David Finlayson <david.p.finlayson at gmail.com>
> Cc: GRASS developers list <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] Python GUI toolkits
> 
> 
> David Finlayson wrote:
> 
>> It looks like v.pyedit is written in pyGTK rather than wxPython. Will
>> v.pygtk run natively on Windows or Apple?
> 
> Only if you have GTK.
> 
>> Will it look like a native application?
> 
> Only to the extent that GTK does, which depends upon the theme being used.
> 
>>> From my brief look at the toolkits, it seemed that wxPython was a
>> little more cross platform friendly because it used native widgets.
> 
> While a native look-and-feel is nice to have, using native widgets can
> create portability issues due to differences in the way that
> equivalent widgets behave.
> 
> Also, obtaining a native look-and-feel involves more than just using
> the platform's native widgets. There are also conventions which rely
> upon the application to follow them, which means writing separate
> cases for each platform.
> 
> Using a toolkit which behaves identically on all platforms is simpler
> for the developers (and we aren't exactly overstaffed). It also means
> that the application behaves in a consistent manner on all platforms,
> which is useful if you use multiple platforms, or if you are writing
> documentation.
> 
> -- 
> Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
> 
>