Re: [gtk-list] Table/Spredshhet widgets

[Raph Levien <raph acm org>]

On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Sergei Naumov wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi!
> I was wondering whether anyone is doing any work on the table/spreadsheet
> type of widgets. What stage are they in? Available for public?

The gtk_table widget is already included in Gtk, and is reasonably 
stable. However, it has two significant performance limitations. First, 
the entire table can not exceed 32kpixels in either the X or Y 
dimensions. Second, count on roughly 5ms per table cell overhead. Ouch!

Another alternative is to use the table mechanism in Gzw. This hasn't 
been implemented yet, but is next on my list after getting a stable 
release of Gzilla done. This widget will allow you to embed ordinary 
gtk_entry widgets in each table cell, but without the 32kpixel limitation 
and with better performance.

Raph