On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:27 am, Karl Bowden wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 05:36, Andreas Kotes wrote: > > Hi! > > > > * Andreas Kotes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20021019 15:55]: > > > * Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20021019 15:30]: > > > > Andreas Kotes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > In your place, I'd start digging through the gnome/gtk libraries, > > > > > isolation the (drawing) code which isn't specific to gnome/gtk and > > > > > extract it. This code should be send as a patch for libdirectfbee, > > > > > and afterwards, gnome/gtk (or e.g. Qt, for that) should (when > > > > > compiled for DirectFB, the #ifdef .. #else .. #endif game ..) use > > > > > these routines instead of the current code. Reduces code size in > > > > > gnome/gtk and takes care of getting a reasonable code base for > > > > > libdirectfbee. > > > > > > > > sorry, but I don't follow you here. All the GTK+/GNOME drawing code > > > > is abstracted in GDK. GDK itself is split into backend-dependant and > > > > backend-independant parts and this is _not_ done using stuff like > > > > #ifdef ... #else ... #endif. What are you talking about? > > > > > > oops, seems like I was just babbling at this place, albeit I should > > > have known better. wrote the mail after a quite short night .. sorry > > > for any confusion. the #ifdef etc stuff would work with other toolkits, > > > thou. > > > > wicked thought: why not port Qt drawing to GDK and drop native drawing > > support in Qt? ;) > > Are the widget functions in the KDE libraries or in the Qt libraries? > How hard would it be to port the widget library from KDE/Qt to use the > GTK widget library? >
Can I just put a stop to this before it goes any further? There are both technical and political reasons why this shouldn't be attempted. Besides, there wouldn't be a point. The Qt backend stuff is separated just as well as the GDK stuff is, and is optimized for both Qt and the platforms it works on. I am also quite sure that Qt supports more platforms than GDK and suspect this would be a step backward in both performance and usability if it was done. I won't go on more than I have... but ask the same question in reverse and you may find a GDK person who will oblige you with the reasons why it shouldn't be done. Or you may not.. it depends if someone on the list cares that much about the purity of GDK. I will just ask that my position in Trolltech and everyday use and support of Qt be enough to justify that I may know what I am talking about. Of course I won't try and stop you if you really want to do it. I will just sit on the side-lines and chuckle. Ian. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject.
