gtk-modules ? (was: Re: Proposed widget)

[Max Lawson <mlawson drfmc ceng cea fr>]

	Hi,  

I'm quite new to the GNU/Linux world, but what about gtk-modules 
as used in the Linux kernel ... 

My understanding is that one can easily define/add/remove a module 
to the kernel by some kind kind of black magic (I hope to learn 
soon ?!). 

Regards, Max


> > <nuke@bayside.net> writes:
> > 
> > | but IMO gtk shouldn't get much bigger than it already is.
> > 
> > Gtk+ should have as much widgets as posible, if they are bug free. On
> > my system libgtk.so is 989012 Bytes. Where is the problem, when it is
> > twice as big?
> 
> the problem is that even shared libs can be overkill. sure, try telling
> "Gtk+ should have as much widgets as posible" to the guy with the 486 and
> 8mb of ram. no, we are not microsoft. our solution isn't "BUY NEW
> HARDWARE!"
> 
> just think.. how long has gtk existed as its own toolkit (not a part of
> gimp)? less than a year? and already your binary is a meg. what about next
> year after we put every single widget ever announced in it? knowing that
> gtk development is going to skyrocket this year because of 1.0 (and due to
> so many students being off for the summer), there are going to be LOTS of
> widgets. do you want a 5mb binary?
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