Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote at 22:16 this Wednesday (GMT):

On 2/12/25 3:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote at 23:31 this Monday (GMT):

On 2/10/25 1:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> wrote at 21:19 this Saturday (GMT):
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My most powerful software was a multi-path checker to a storage system
that held a lot of pension money.
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It was written in bash. =D
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Ok, ok... I wrote a GUI for some kind of batch job mgmt software that IBM
hobbled together in order to trace dependencies, that was done in python.

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Did you use something like tkinter?

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    TKinter works. Not ultra-elegant but functional.
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    I've used it for several projects with pop-up
    windows and touch-screens and such. Did find that
    you get less grief if you don't CLOSE those windows
    but just send 'em off to negative screen coords.
    Then on signal from a touch-screen or timer or
    whatever you just drag 'em back into view and
    make whatever updates.
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    TK is also pretty well documented since it's been
    around for awhile. Actually none of the graphics
    toolkits are particularly 'elegant' or great joys
    to use so go with what seems easiest for the job.
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    Mostly if I need something with a quickie GUI then
    I use Lazarus/FPC when possible. The WYSIWYG form
    builder with a zillion possible options is WAY nicer
    than the line-at-a-time TK approach plus Pascal looks
    much nicer than Python or 'C'.

 
 
I would still probably use TK for a really quick GUI, but I prefer
terminal ui's nowadays.

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   You can do good stuff with TUIs these days, no question.
   However if your app is graphics-heavy or very mousey/
   touchscreeny then TK or friends are likely better.
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   One size doesn't fit all.
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   Lazarus lets you whip up a GUI fast, and there are
   a zillion settings/hooks for each screen element you
   can tweak as needed. Pascal is not as popular as it
   once was, but it's a good and very complete lang and,
   IMHO, worth being familiar with.

Fair enough, I just don't usually make stuff that NEEDS a good GUI very
often. I'll keep Lazarus in mind, though.
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