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Re: [TCLUG:3372] We're stuck with X



On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Shawn T . Amundson wrote:

> > It can probably be tuned for performance and display quality, but
> > integrating the toolkit and UI elements into the server would involve a
> > major re-thinking of the design and a major re-write of all existing X
> > software.
> 
> Integrating those components would also be a mistake.

Do you know of another way of enforcing consistency throughout the UI?
Asking everyone nicely to please use GTK?

> All existing X software will be rewritten or replaced by superiour
> GTK+ equivalents by people writing for the GNOME project.

That's a strong and not-inarguable statement.

> And since GTK+ is already somewhat recognized as becoming the Linux
> standard toolkit, your UI inconsistancy arguments are indeed aging.

Only if your above assertion holds; 'all' is a strong word. Granted, the
move in Mozilla from Motif to GK is promising.

> If the toolkit was integrated into X, we would be stuck with Motif,
> or Athena or something equally horrible.

Or GTK or something equally nice.

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