On Wednesday 28 November 2018 12:15:25 Jon Elson wrote:

> On 11/28/2018 07:23 AM, Jeff Epler wrote:
> > .. which is likely, in turn, to affect LinuxCNC.  Those
> > interested
> > should look at modernizing the parts of LinuxCNC that
> > still use gtk2.
> >
> > I know this still includes halscope and halmeter.  it
> > would be a real
> > pity to lose halscope to CADTs^Wthe progress of the Linux
> > desktop.
>
> A PITY?  Try catastrophe!  I suspect halmeter could be
> recoded to use a newer library fairly easily, HalScope is a
> pretty complicated GUI, with at least a few custom widgets,
> I think.  That could be a lot harder to port to a new
> environment.  And, HalScope is CRITICAL to servo
> installations.  (Darn useful for any debugging of the real
> time side of Hal, too.)
>
> Jon
>
I've  GOT to agree with Jon. Granted, its nowhere near fast enough but 
that's a limit of its sampling rate, but it can do things that without 
it we'ed be removing chip tops and guiding a probe with an electron 
microscope. Catastrophe is way too weak a word.

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