[GRASS-user] wxgui, wxpython Pronunciation

[Hamish]

Katie wrote:
> Friends,
>
> While learning Grass from the comfort of home, I have never heard
> anyone say these terms:
>
> wxgui
> wxpython
> wxwidget
>
> How are people pronouncing these terms?  Do we say the letters "w" "X"
> Gui.. or do let wx rhyme with "fix"  so that we have wixgui, wixpython
> and wixwidget?
>
> A trivial question, but one that will help me present the new Modeler
> to a class of new GIS modelers who are familiar with ESRI's programming
> environment, but not those available in the open source world.

the "wx" of wxWidgets (nee wxWindows) apparently comes from "W" for MS
Windows, and "X" for UNIX's X-Windows:
   http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/history.htm

w-x-widgets ?

(punt)


Hamish