Pasha Murat wrote: > > Hi, > > this question is more conceptual than practical. There are certain advantages > in using Tk as a window manager instead of Motif: > > - it is free (well, LessTif is also free); > - it is simple; > - there is a Windows port of Tk, so the application itself may not know > about the difference between graphics interfaces between UNIX and Windows - > this is what is called portability issue; > - on UNIX it requires only libX11, but not libXt etc, so one doesn't link in > alot of stuff he doesn't really need > - there is an interface (Togl by Paul/Henderson) which allows to do GL rendering > whithin Tk canvas > > Of course, in this case one should care about having Tk distributed along with > his product - this doesn't sound very attractive... > > So the question is : if ROOT team ever considered using Tk as a window manager? > > Thanks, Pasha Hello, An other interface builder is xform. It is also free and using x11. It write some c code and have a Window designer. The window designer able to create application very quickly. http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms Bye. Xavier Grave -- xavier@virgoa4.in2p3.fr De chacun selon ses forces, a chacun selon ses besoins. Au fait, tous mes propos n'engagent que moi et aucunement l'in2p3 ni le CNRS d'ailleurs.
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