Re: Announce: intent to work on GTK+2 port

From: Dom Lachowicz (doml@appligent.com)
Date: Wed May 22 2002 - 10:49:23 EDT

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    > OOI does this mean that GTK2 will be a requirement? I assume so. I also
    > hope I can install GTK2 without affecting my current GTK1.2 environment,
    > coz I need the box for other stuff than AbiWord development :)

    GTK+2 will be a requirement, at least in part because we're going to use
    Pango for sophisticated i18n/l01n and Pango doesn't play well with
    GTK+-1.2 or GDK-1.2.

    Some benefits of GTK+2.0:

    Great accessibility support: Blind/deaf/disabled people are well
    supported
    Tremendous i18n and l01n support
    Lots of new & improved widgets
    Backing store/double-buffering used to draw widgets, so no flickering
    "Stock" menu and button items

    These things alone are well worth the switch over.

    GTK+2.0 plays nicely with 1.2 - I have both installed on my development
    box and many other people do too.

    Dom





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