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Article #38453Re: new free widget library
From: Michael Schumacher
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00
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Marc van Kempen <marc@nietzsche.bowtie.nl> wrote: : In article <E6vBxI.MtG@world.std.com>, : jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen) writes: [...] : > I feel that a big reason for the lack of quality freeware (of the : > wordprocessor/spreadsheet variety) is the lack of a good free widget : > library. Now I realize that this is a duplication of other work, but I : > think other projects are too far away from the bare-bones UNIX/C programming : > that we UNIX hackers like (and are likely to use in practice). : > : My thoughts exactly, I think we are being bombarded to death by C++ : libraries, but are essentially lacking any good straight C libraries. : Motif/Xaw/Xt is too complicated and too bloated : XForms comes without source, but with a GUI-designer (big plus) : Others that I have tried are visually simply too unappealing. What's wrong with Tk? Pure C code, excellent quality, several free GUI builders available, comes with full source, is free software (BSD), has Motif L&F under Unix, native L&F under Windows/MacOS, plenty of extensions, is excellently supported by Sun's Tcl/Tk team, ... mike
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 103734,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid103734,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: f6356,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6356,public X-Google-Thread: 107393,a8c746231dfc1302 X-Google-Attributes: gid107393,public From: mike@hightec.saarlink.de (Michael Schumacher) Subject: Re: new free widget library Date: 1997/03/13 Message-ID: <858278987.485311@htc01.hightec.saarlink.de> X-Deja-AN: 225289654 Distribution: inet References: <E6vBxI.MtG@world.std.com> <5g3fe4$sae@news.IAEhv.nl> Followup-To: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.editors,comp.programming,comp.object,gnu.misc.discuss Organization: HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.editors,comp.programming,comp.object,gnu.misc.discuss