Re: [gtk-list] Re: strokes interface

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann godzilla ics uci edu>]

Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> writes:

  >    Now that the code exists, what do people think about adding support
  >    for it in Gtk+?
  > 
  > It's an excellent idea.  I'm dubious about strokes' usefulness in a
  > mouse or trackball environment, but it's perfect for pen-based
  > computing.  There aren't many pen-based computers out there as yet,
  > but once you've used one you'll never be happy with a mouse again.
  > 
  > It also serves to provide an identifiable feature GTK+ would have that
  > Qt and Motif do not, and would identify GTK+ as a toolkit that is
  > looking forward to the hardware environments that are on the horizon.
  > 
  > Darn, if I wasn't up to my eyeballs in other projects I'd want to take
  > this one on myself...

Well, it looks like the libstroke author Mark Willey <willey@etla.net>
would like to work on this. 



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