Re: Plans for 1.3/1.4

["Shawn T . Amundson" <amundson gimp org>]

On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 05:38:13PM -0600, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
...
> 
> Gtk also has built-in "please make an inconsistent UI" features, like 
> gtk_ctree_set_expander_style().
> 
> It is my impression that this is a Gtk design decision, that it is
> following the X "don't impose policy" route. So from that point of view if
> you want a consistent UI you should be using Gnome. Gtk is a lower-level
> library which maintains more flexibility, lighter weight, and perhaps
> window-system independence. (And it is also a good bit more mature,
> cleaner, and less "hacky" than gnome-libs, though that is probably
> an unrelated issue.) 

Actually, I find it funny that some GNOME advocates think GTK+ isn't
suitable for writing applications.  And yet, GIMP is still the best
and most widely used GTK+ application.  ;-)

In any case, it's not like there are any conflicting goals.  We want
a widget which will have decent defaults for GTK+ apps and also allow
GNOME to customize it.  Amazingly, those don't actually conflict at 
all.

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