Hello Éric, On Friday 16 January 2009, 13:31, Éric Bischoff wrote: > Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009 16:08:40 eric b, vous avez écrit : > > I don't know the API, but I got several questions : > > The API is really a programmer's relief. Simple, straightforward, clean. > > > - I know the Linux/ Mac side could be ok, but how does it work on > > windows ? > > Short answer: very well. > > BTW, one of the advantages of such a change would be that all widgets would > have the "native" look and feel of the platform. > > > - vcl has a lot of deep roots in OOo, land this will be a long and > > difficult task to change. > > Yes. But it's been years that VCL replacement is discussed, now OOo has an > opportunity to delegate the graphical lowest layers to a rock-solid, C++, > toolbox.
my favorite Desktop env. (and I see also yours ;-) ) is built on top of Qt. OOo could learn a lot about the high programability KDE gives to its API clients, this way people is happy to code and contribute (just browsing http://www.kde-apps.org and http://www.kde-look.org shows how OOo extensions is far behind in external developers interest). [not to mention how is easy is to start withh the CMake based build system they implemented vs. OOo build system. Vid. http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2009/01/building-community-around-your-foss.html http://www.purinchu.net/wp/2009/01/14/things/ ] Sure this will be a lot of work, but Qt is very popular, this could bring new air and new developers to OOo (not to mention the dream to bring Nokia support [they are contributing a lot already in KDE... so why not dreaming!]) Good links in http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3829 [enthusiasm is funny: http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3831 ] Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina "Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens - Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich härter." Nietzsche Götzendämmerung, Sprüche und Pfeile, 8. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.org
