On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 10:50 +0100, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Martin Vermeer a écrit : ...
> > BTW on a side note: did anybody else notice how good it is that we have > > GUI front-end independence, even if one would hold that having multiple > > front-ends is undesirable: LyX contains a number of external elements > > that evolve in time, like C++, boost, and the GUI toolkit(s). Of these, > > C++ is standardised and unchanging (even if the compiler is not), boost > > a bit less so. But the most volatile external element is the GUI. It is > > actively developed and changes rapidly. > > If you talk about the gtk and qt4 frontends I agree but when I look at > the qt2 frontend, I don't see much development in cvs history in the > last two years. Whereas I saw a flurry of new code in the core parts of LyX. What I meant is that Qt *itself* is changing rapidly: qt2 -> qt3 -> qt4 which have many differences despite a wish to remain backward compatible. And GUI-I makes it easier for *us* to adapt. - Martin
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