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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:35:43 -0700
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On Nov 17, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On 11/17/2012 11:07 PM, John Doty wrote:
>> If you had a BASIC interpreter and you wanted to change to Python,
>> you could fiddle with keywords and notation, maybe add a few extra
>> statements, and create something that looked vaguely like Python. But
>> it wouldn't really *be* Python. It's not practical to change a BASIC
>> interpreter into a Python interpreter by patching it. Similarly,
>> gschem isn't constructed the way you'd construct a 21st century
>> graphics application.
> 
>  You KEEP saying that.  Why is it important that everything conform to
> your idea of a "modern GUI"?

It isn't important to *me* at all. I want stability. What I don't want is chaos in the name of turning gschem into something more modern. I'm trying to point out that this isn't trivial.

> 
>  As I stated before, what constitutes a "modern GUI" will be different
> a few years from now, at least from the perspective of the unwashed
> masses.  At that time, will you demand that the suite be rewritten
> again, for the reason that it has somehow become useless because it's so
> "not a modern GUI application"?

I'm the guy who is advocating caution here, remember? I'm asking that gschem not be damaged, that any drastic change be in the context of a new tool.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com