Re: [gtk-list] Re: Pure Gtk vs Gnome

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik pobox com>]

Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> 
> >  I have been writting a little app in Gtk, and have just finished taking the
> >  plunge and converting my code to be gnome aware.  Now I have firmly decided
> >  that I want to continue to develop my app as gnome aware.  
> >  
> >  The question I have for people is, do you think it is worth having a seperate
> >  "gtk only" version?
> 
> I don't think there is much point in that.  Users will not get all the
> GNOME consistency benefits from the `stripped' version -- it will lack
> session management, stock icons, standard dialog boxes, help system, etc.
> 
> The GNOME libraries are there to make the programmer's life easier by
> providing a nice framework to build applications; I don't see why you
> would want to do the same stuff by hand all over again.

One big reason -- it's much easier to distribute glib.so, gtk.so,
xpm.so, and your program, rather than all the other libs as well.  Plus,
static linking with just glib/gtk+ doesn't hurt so much.

(This from someone who just moved his app from Gtk+ to GNOME because of
convenience...:))

	Jeff