On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am 07.04.2013 20:09, schrieb Keith Curtis: > >> Thanks for the info about PyGObject. I'll add that to the wiki page. >> However, I wonder how well it works on Mac and Windows compared to >> WxPython. > > For Windows there are binaries compiled regularly here: > http://code.google.com/p/osspack32/downloads/list > Though I didn't test them. > > For Mac I don’t know. You might ask on IRC. > > Are you planning to use Gtk/WxWidgets only for the prototype or is that > something that could replace the current Interface at some point? >
This is just planned to be a prototype, but it is nice to have something that runs on the major platforms LibreOffice supports. It allows to make sure it looks good everywhere and makes it easier for more people to hack on it. I suppose something that runs on Linux and Windows is probably good enough. I only use Linux so I don't really care ;-) Furthermore, maybe WxWidgets might make sense to one day (slowly) LibreOffice's internal toolkit. VCL is very rich, but in an ideal world, LibreOffice wouldn't have its own cross-platform widget library. Obviously that is a lot of work, and might not even make sense, but it is better to not write a bunch of code that limits future options. In addition, sometimes prototypes end up living longer than people expect. Of course, code can be ported between toolkits as well so no decision is really irreversible. I think it will be left to people like Michael Meeks. I'll just document it and trust in people more knowledgeable to make the right decision. The big question for here is: what is the best design as a starting point? If no one has any better bitmaps, it seems likely it will start based on Paulo Jose's work, but he isn't a part of the LibreOffice design team. The good news is that any constructive feedback from Wolfgang and others can be more quickly adopted in Python. Ultimately, however, there will need to be plenty of designer input, so the sooner, the better. Regards, -Keith -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
