On Thursday 22 March 2007 16:36:46 Simon TRENY wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:59:02 -0500, > > Brian Mattern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 02:31:57PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Simon writes: > > > > Actually, I see no real point in coding with Etk/Ewl an aplication > > > > that already exists with Gtk or Qt. It would "only" offer more > > > > consistency with an E desktop, and some eye-candy effects but it's > > > > > > If no 'existing' gtk/qt apps are ever written with ewl/etk, > > > then there never going to be any image viewer apps, any text > > > editors, or any of the other 20,000+ apps that exist -- you're > > > going to have to think real hard to make up a 'brand new' kind of > > > app that no one has ever done before in gtk/qt, just to make it > > > 'worth' doing in e's toolkits?? > > > > > > > quite a waste of time imho. We should try to think differently, > > > > because we have tools (Edje/Evas) that allow us to do things > > > > I think the sentiment he's trying to get across, which is one I share, > > is that there is little point in rewriting a gtk/kde app in an e > > widget set if it looks and functions exactly the same. E.g. using > > emphasis (or whatever the glade lib is) with a gnome app's glade file > > is a lot of effort (recreating the backend functionality) with the > > only gain being glinty buttons.
Which one should one use when they want it to embed the widgets into an edje interface? Etk or Ewl? The other question I have: Why does two toolkits like these co-exist? Will ETK replace EWL? I was told that this isn't the case. I don't quite understand the reason, though. Wasn't ETK made to provide an API similar to GTK's, so the porting would be easier? And now you say, we should do Edje instead. Btw, where can I find an Edje how-to, which describes not only the .edc files, but the linking to the application, too? Peter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
