Things to do before GUI-developers can start their work
Subject: Things to do before GUI-developers can start their work
From: C Y
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 13:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
--- James Frye <frye@cs.unr.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Michael Reimpell wrote:
>
> > Although QT/KDE is somehow bounded to Linux, it is well suited to
> develop an
> > interface:
>
> Isn't KDE bound not just to Linux, but to Linux using KDE as a window
> manager?
Not really - it's bound to having KDE installed on your machine. You
don't have to actually be running it. I normally use Fluxbox as my
window manager, but I still can use KDE apps.
> I've occasionally noticed programs installed on my machine
> that won't run because KDE isn't installed, and I'd hate for Maxima
> to become one of them :-)
I agree. A KDE native interface wouldn't be a bad thing, but I think
it would have to be implimented by a different project. I still think
a native Lisp GUI is the way to go in the long run for Maxima's default
UI, but that discussion is a ways down the road.
> The QT toolkit I think runs on most platforms, though.
It does, but I'm not sure about using it on platforms other than Linux
for open source stuff.
CY
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