On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Edward K. Ream <edream...@gmail.com> wrote: > I opened a Leo file with Tk yesterday as part of unit testing. I was > shocked at how bad it looked. > > Furthermore, I'm beginning to think of Tk as actively harmful, like > @root and like code-mode in the rst3 command. > > Indeed, Tk complicates life considerably for newbies: it complicates > the installer, it complicates the installion docs, and it complicates > the initial prompt for a user id. > > It also complicates Leo's core, but that's mostly my concern. > However, some of that bleeds out into the user experience. In > particular, I *really* dislike UiTypeException. The very last thing > I want a newbie to see is a bunch of red tracebacks in the log pane > the first time they open Leo! > > For all these reasons I think it is time to retire Tk. To do this > will require porting the most important Tk plugins to Qt. It will > also require drag and drop in the Leo's tree pane, something that at > present I have no idea how to do. In any event, imo it would be best > to retire Tk completely. > > Your comments, Amigos.
+1 Removing features is _at least_ as important as adding, sounds like retiring tk would be a good step. > > Edward > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To post to this group, send email to leo-edi...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-edi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
