| ID: | 3435 |
| From: | Mychaela Falconia <my...@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Oct 2019 21:41:50 -0800 |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] Why focus on gtk? (was: experimental windows port - looking |
| replies: | 3436 from ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
On 10/11/19, gedau@igor2.repo.hu <gedau@igor2.repo.hu> wrote: > (FYI, gtk2 and its dependencies are implemented in about 2 million SLOC, > while pcb-rnd with libfawk and scconfig included is about 121k SLOC. So in > 2019 it takes about 16x more code to draw buttons on the screen than to > have a modular, interactive, graphical scriptable printed circuit board > editor) Now this is the part which I don't understand: why has all of the focus been on gtk as opposed to lesstif? As I understand it, when pcb-rnd forked off from geda-pcb, the two HIDs (gtk2 and lesstif) had equal quality of support, didn't they? Why has the gtk version been chosen as the "good" one for pcb-rnd? Igor2 doesn't seem like the kind of person who likes to chase after the latest and greatest cool GNU thing - instead I see Igor2 as more of a minimalist, using scconfig instead of autotools, minimizing other dependencies and all that. So if the project prefers to be more minimalist, then why is that gtk2 monster still the primary and best-supported HID in pcb-rnd and indeed in all of ringdove? Why has the opposite decision not been made, namely ditching or deprecating gtk and adopting lesstif as the primary HID instead? Surely lesstif is much lighter and less scary than gtk - or is not? This is a real question, I am genuinely trying to understand. M~
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3435 [pcb-rnd] Why focus on gtk? (was: experimental windows port - looking from Mychaela Falconia <my...@gmail.com>
3436 Re: [pcb-rnd] Why focus on gtk? (was: experimental windows port - from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
3439 Re: [pcb-rnd] Why focus on gtk? (was: experimental windows port - from Mychaela Falconia <my...@gmail.com>
3440 [pcb-rnd] non-graphical schematics, layout (was: Why focus on gtk?) from John Griessen <jo...@cibolo.com>
3441 Re: [pcb-rnd] non-graphical schematics, layout (was: Why focus on gtk?) from Mychaela Falconia <my...@gmail.com>
3442 Re: [pcb-rnd] non-graphical schematics, layout from John Griessen <jo...@cibolo.com>