Re: To libglade or not to libglade

[Stephen Kennedy <stevek gnome org>]

> > Any software that has a graphical user interface of substantial size
> > and doesn't use XML at runtime to build the GUI is either something
> > of the past [more good points snipped]

Up until about 2 months ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly with
everything you've said. The situation now is not quite so rosy though.

Glade development has not kept up with gtk+ development. Thus for
instance you cannot use the new action system through glade - you must
keep the menus/toolbars separate from the rest of the ui.

The situation is not likely to change in the short term either - all new
development is happening on glade-3. Gazpacho looks good too, but both
these projects are too immature to be usable.

I'm not knocking glade btw - even with the above caveats, the advantages
of libglade over any alternative are massive, and it's still the best
choice today.

Stephen.
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Stephen Kennedy <stevek gnome org>
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