Re: [Bug-gv] gv GUI

[jemarch]

    On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 02:30:59PM +0100, address@hidden wrote:
    > 
    > I would like to get some feedback from all of you about the gv
    > graphical user interface.
    > 
    > I find the actual graphic interface comfortable, but its use of Xaw3d
    > (little more than a bunch of xlib widgets designed for teaching
    > purposes) greatly limits the scalability of the tool.
    
    I don't know how bad Xaw3d is - it seems to be update on freshmest.

I would not call Xaw3d bad... but certainly limited :)
     
    > So i think we should decide now the future of gv graphical user
    > interface:
    > 
    > - Should we change the widget toolkit used by gv? 
    > - Should we provide support for more than one toolkit?
    > - Ok, more toolkits but... which toolkit (tk, gtk+, ...)? 
    
    I think I prefer gtk+. I don't think we should waste time on more
    toolkits.

I agree.
    
    PS! We should focus on fixing the bugs in 3.6.0 before we start this (major)
    task.

Of course. I already fixed some of them.