[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] FLTK

[From: Kalle Vahlman]

On 6/23/05, Jose Manrique Lopez de la Fuente <jsmanrique at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2005/6/23, Kalle Vahlman <kalle.vahlman at gmail.com>:
> > I wonder why one would want to bolt a toolkit on top of another one?
> > Does FLTK have some overly fantastic widgets that Gtk is missing?
> 
> I think that main advantage of FLTK is the 'L? in its name: Light.

Yes, and as I pointed out, if it's ported to use gtk it won't be just that.

> Do we really need another GUI environment in such device? That's the
> question.

Well, you'd have to rewrite the whole UI if you want to take advantage
of FLTK, since the UI is all gtk.

So to use FLTK, install the rootstrap, remove any gtk-related packages
and start porting/coding :)

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Kalle Vahlman, zuh at iki.fi