Re: gtk on windows

[Ney André de Mello Zunino <zunino inf ufsc br>]

Sven Neumann wrote:

> Sorry, but that is not correct. GTK+ on Win32 always uses GDI for
> drawing (unless you are using an X11 server on Windows which is of
> course possible but noone does that nowadays).  That doesn't make
> GTK+/GDK actually use the native controls, it only uses the native
> lowlevel drawing routines. The theme you are refering to doesn't
> change that, it just mimicks the look of the native widgets.

Just out of curiosity: why aren't the native controls actually used? 
What is the rationale for drawing everything with low-level routines 
instead of using ready-made elements? I have no experience in UI toolkit 
development, so my question might be naive. Bear with me, but I just 
thought that using native API facilities (e.g. the CreateWindow() 
function) would be easier and produce more consistent results than 
reinventing the wheel.

Any constructive comments and clarification will be appreciated.

Thank you,

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Ney André de Mello Zunino