X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-TMN: [7FqJdawtHBRr7XrDzKm7DsPO0XnSwiwQ] X-Originating-Email: [vuokko AT msn DOT com] Message-ID: From: "Hannu Vuolasaho (vuokko AT msn DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" To: "geda-user AT delorie DOT com" Subject: RE: [geda-user] The new to do Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 01:02:40 +0300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <55A2D820.10401@wavecable.com> References: <55A2A0A2 DOT 4080403 AT ecosensory DOT com> <7AE39440-DA68-4491-A965-C1B97D1D86C1 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <20150712213152 DOT 7968b74c AT jive DOT levalinux DOT org> <304D9D86-3CF6-4D61-A5CA-6CE414EA0661 AT sbcglobal DOT net> <20150712224637 DOT 2d4cc2de AT wind DOT levalinux DOT org>,<55A2D820 DOT 10401 AT wavecable DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jul 2015 22:02:40.0388 (UTC) FILETIME=[7883B440:01D0BCEE] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id t6CM2h86008990 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > Not QT. On some (many?) Ubuntu platforms, QT is semi-broken, at least > when used with gnuplot. QT is PITA when it comes doing just GUI. It wants to own whole program and do it QT way. And it looks ugly too. I've found FLTK http://www.fltk.org/index.php to be solution many things. Straight forward to develop, simple and small binary. Runs on Linux, OS X and Windows. Even it has some idioms, it doesn't try to limit how to implement stuff. There is also one thing. FLTK is C++ so writing good C interface, would magically make nice separation almost everywhere. However a chance for just a chance is bad and I believe there could be better things to do. My not-gEDA-developer two euro cents to problem which doesn't exist. I'm happy with GTK2 Hannu Vuolasaho