Re: [sigc] Re: [gtkmm] Bringing Bonobo to the masses :)

[Andreas Rottmann <a rottmann gmx at>]

ERDI Gergo <cactus cactus rulez org> writes:

> On 14 Sep 2000, Andreas Rottmann wrote:
> 
> > ERDI Gergo <cactus cactus rulez org> writes:
> > 
> > > Bonobo-- will use Gtk--, so it will depend on libsigc++ anyway.
> > >
> > Yes, but isn't Bonobo something widget-set independent (with default
> > to GNOME widgets, of course)? I strongly vote for seperating the
> > GUI-dependent stuff into its own shlib, or whatever.
> 
> This is something the Bonobo-- developers will have to decide on. If we
> want to wrap Bonobo implementations consistent with gnomemm (which is the
> whole point), we will have to depend on gtkmm. You could separate a bonobo
> implementation into non-X-specific and X-specific parts (the later
> implementing stuff like Bonobo::Control or Bonobo::UIHandler), but for
> bonobomm this wouldn't make sense since when you use Gtk::Object, you
> already depend on gtkmm, which in turn depends on gtk+.
>
I see - I better had taken a closer look ;-). Can't we push the gtk+
people to seperate their sig/slot/object thingy out into a seperate
library, maybe even into glib? (this could be done keeping both source
and binary compatibility IMHO)?

Even if they don't: Whoever is making that decision: I beg: no mor
GUI/X deps than _absolutly_ necessary.

MfG, Andi
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