Katie wrote: > Friends, > > While learning Grass from the comfort of home, I have never heard > anyone say these terms: > > wxgui > wxpython > wxwidget > > How are people pronouncing these terms? Do we say the letters "w" "X" > Gui.. or do let wx rhyme with "fix" so that we have wixgui, wixpython > and wixwidget? > > A trivial question, but one that will help me present the new Modeler > to a class of new GIS modelers who are familiar with ESRI's programming > environment, but not those available in the open source world.
the "wx" of wxWidgets (nee wxWindows) apparently comes from "W" for MS Windows, and "X" for UNIX's X-Windows: http://www.wxwidgets.org/about/history.htm w-x-widgets ? (punt) Hamish _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
