> Ehsan Akhgari wrote: > > I could even use PHP, since it's also got a GTK+ binding. ;-) > > Yes, but consider this before using it for desktop app > development: no multithreading, and it's only for gtk 1.2 (for now). > I've found development (of phpgtk) to be rather slow; if you're > prepared to do some work on phpgtk, it may be an option :)
Cm'on! I was just kidding. Hence the ;-). :-) Seriously, PHP *is* a great web language (I remember when /dev suggested me to learn it, and I was reluctant, but anyway did it, and now I really appreciate his suggestion!!) and it can do so many cool things in that place, but still I don't think it's matured enough to be used as a desktop development language. But yet, it's definitely much better than VB.NET! ;-) > No, not sluggish, I've never had any speed complaints of gtk on > windows; it's just that it doesn't look 'just right'. Well, I was trying to suggest that The GIMP *does* look right. What's the catch here? Why couldn't another app be written like it? > Yes, internationalization support is very good in gtk (at least in gtk > 2). And that's a *big* plus for me! > Firefox setup is a little under 5 mb; it should be doable to keep your > app under 5 as well I guess. No, still that's too much for me. I'm thinking about a size of under one meg, preferrably below 500K. Quite a miniaturist! > I forgot one thing that makes gtk rock: libglade. You develop you UI > with a WYSIWYG gui editor (gladewin32.sourceforge.net) that saves to > an xml file and libglade can create a full UI with a few lines of code > from that file. So when you change your UI, you don't even have to > recompile your application (as long as you keep the names of the > widgets the same). That saves so much code, it's great, and it Just > Works (TM). > So yes, if you think the gtk look is good on Windows, then gtkmm is > definately the way to go. Also be sure to check out > http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/ to give gtk that native Windows > appearance. Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out. > See you on gtkmm-list I guess ;) I hope so! (I haven't still accepted the job. I'm just doing a preliminary research. The nature of the job seems appealing to me, but the offered payment is *so* low. :-( ) But anyway even if I don't, I might do some hobby GTKMM stuff soon! ------------- Ehsan Akhgari Farda Technology (http://www.farda-tech.com/) List Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ WWW: http://www.beginthread.com/Ehsan ] Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of being misunderstood. The latter perhaps wounds his vanity, but the former wounds his heart, his sympathy, which always says: "Ah, why would you also have as hard a time of it as I have?" -Beyond Good And Evil, F. W. Nietzsche _______________________________________________ msvc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] See http://beginthread.com/mailman/listinfo/msvc_beginthread.com for subscription changes, and list archive.
