Dear developers,

I am running LyX on Gentoo Linux with the Xfce Desktop Environment. As
a user of--primarily--GTK+2 applications (with Opera and LyX, the two
noticeable exceptions), I prefer, well, GTK+ applications.
Nonetheless, I would like to mention that apart minor inconveniences,
I am quite OK with the QT4 fronted of LyX. To me, one important aspect
is that LyX does not link to the KDE libraries, as I have none on my
system.

I started using LyX with the GTK+ frontend, and wasn't exceptionally
happy when its development stalled. Today, I've stumbled on the
GSoC2008 Wiki page, and especially the "Finish GTK frontend" [1]
subsection, under "Controversies". My first question: could this
become a reality for post-1.6 LyX?

Second, I've noticed the "Make LyX also a KDE program" [2] under
"Suggestions". From my personal perspective, this development is much
more controversial than the first one. I am quite sure that "GTK-only"
users could quickly turn away from LyX if it became KDE-dependent.
Here my questio is similar: could this become a reality for post-1.6
LyX, especially if the GTK+ frontend is not revived / maintained
concomitantly?

Thanks in advance,
Liviu

[1] http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/GSoC2008#toc27
[2] http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/GSoC2008#toc24

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