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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Toolkits
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
>> > Essentially you're saying that you would like a toolkit with a
>> > lifetime of "forever"
>>
>> You mean like Motif?  :-)
>
> That's a great example. The world moved on and Motif now "feels"
> outdated. I'm sure it's perfectly fine though!

I would actually like it if gschem had a motif GUI.

> For me it is less available and more strange than gtk, only because
> I'm more used to gtk.
>
> I guess gtk is the reason we use cairo and pango more now? They bring
> some significant benefits, and so we also have indirect benefits from
> using a new product, which may not have been obvious when starting a
> gtk2 hid.
>
>
> //Peter



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