Re: [gtk-list] Re: Help moving from Xt to Gtk

[Scott Stone <sstone ume pht co jp>]

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:

> I'm not saying that gtk is in any way deficient for abandoning Xt.  It's
> just that if it had kept to the Xt model then the programs that already
> exist for Xaw/OPENLOOK/Xm would be easier to retarget to Gtk just by
> changing the classes and the libraries linked with.
> 
> --Jason

... but you would have also inherited a lot of Xaw's liabilities, too,
most likely.  I say it's worth the effort to port.  Heck, I've got to port
about 10 apps of my own from perl-Tk now - that'll surely be fun :)

> 
> On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Ted Lemon wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > As you surmised, Gtk is nowhere nere Xt/Xaw and that's too bad
> > > because this prevents almost pluggable conversion of Xaw programs to
> > > Gtk.
> > 
> > I learned to program X with the old Xt/Xaw stuff, and I have to say
> > that I consider its absence a feature, not a bug.   It was an
> > interesting experiment, and by no means a failure, but I am quite
> > impressed with the model that Gtk follows, and I think the difference
> > is worth the porting cost.
> > 
> > 			       _MelloN_
> > 
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