Re: Continue flame about WEIRD gtk2 design.

[Maxim Koshelev <max krascoal ru>]

Thomas Cameron wrote:

> Maxim,
>
> As a new developer in the GTK community, I respect your opinions.
> Please excuse any ignorance on my part, as I may not know all of the
> "ins" and "outs" of GTK development.
>
> I have recently started a project, using GTK+-2.0.x for the GUI API.  I
> have been satisfied thus far with it, versus most of the other GUI APIs
> for Linux/Unix environments.  It is simple, intuitive, and nearly
> complete.  Almost every feature I have wanted has been in the library!
> However, I can see your point about nonoptimal solutions to certain
> problems.
I'm writing using GTK about three years...

> My suggestion would be this.  If you are concerned about the way Trees
> and Clists are handled, why not create a widget of your own?  You can
> even use the source FROM the existing Clist and Tree functions, and
> simply improve upon it.  Then, resubmit it to the developers for
> inclusion in the project.  This to me would be the best solution to your
> problem.  You could make use op doubly-linked lists, more logical
> structures, and an optimised "selection" system.  This is especially
> true if you need the ability to use LARGE lists of items (100,000 or
> more).
Why this widgets are not included by default? Why every time I need to 
hack gtk code
to rewrite widgeds for my needs? May be better in this case to write my 
own libraries :-) ?
Also I think that gtk+/glib developers can write widgets better than me 
due real undestanding
internals of both libraries.
I do not like to use glib by myself due nonoptimal solutions for misc 
structures (e.g. lists).

> Good luck!
> Tom Cameron
P.S. But in any case I think that GTK2 is GREAT STEP FORWARD comparing 
with GTK1.2.x.