Re: Both Gtk-perl and Gtk2-perl[-xs]

[Pascal <evilynux yahoo com>]

 --- muppet <scott asofyet org> a écrit : 
> i don't like my webmail service.  the "close" button is where the "send"
> button is in my other mailer, so i just lost fifteen minutes' worth of reply.

that's a pain for both of us then, since I most probably had a less-complete message ;)
  
> in gtk+ 2.x, you can add an accelerator key to just about any button or menu
> item; this is part of the accessibility work that went into the project.  the
> mnemonic is a little visual reminder for what that key is, and it's show by
> underlining the letter in question.  we've bound Gtk2::Button->new to
> gtk_button_new_with_mnemonic, so that if you pass "_Quit", then Alt+Q will
> activate that button.  very nice.

oh! so I knew what was a mnemonic after all, I just didn't knew the term.
binding Gtk2::Button->new to [...]_with_mnemonic is very nice indeed! 

> they've all been replaced by GtkTreeView, which displays a GtkTreeModel; the
> two most common subclasses are provided: GtkListStore and GtkTreeStore.

I'll still have to take a closer look into that. I'm relatively new to Gtk [and graphical coding
in general]...
 
> GtkCombo itself has not been deprecated, but GtkList, which is needed to use
> GtkCombo effectively, is deprecated.  rather annoying, especially since we
> wanted to leave all the deprecated stuff out.

ouff.. that's somewhat not so clean...
what is recommended for drop down lists atm (before gtk+ 2.4) ?
 
> honestly, gtk+ 2.x makes a much nicer user experience than gtk+ 1.x, so i
> recommend porting for that reason.  i've been much happier since i started
> using 2.x.  it's easier to write better apps, too; Gtk2::Dialog,
> Gtk2::MessageDialog, mnemonics, stock items all over the place...  it's nice.

I really understand your point of view. The thing is that my application is meant mostly for
"beginners". I'll most probably port when a Debian unstable pkg comes out (I'd let the Gtk1
version as it is).
Until then, I'll concentrate on functionnalities (including dirs/files drag&drop).

And I totally agree, Gtk2 and Gnome2 are definitly nicer than their predecessors. 
But I think I should also consider PerlQt-3... at least take a look.

-Pascal

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