GTK+ 4 suggestions

2018-07-22 Thread scott via gtk-list
I'm new here, and here to cause some trouble. I just wrote my first GTK+3 app - or rather, I adapted an existing C++ program to give it a GUI with GTK+3, and the distinction is important for reasons I'll make clear. It wasn't a fun experience, and I'll try to keep ranting to a minimum, but I'm

Re: GTK+ 4 suggestions

2018-07-22 Thread Chris Moller
All of which is why I'm slowly abandoning GTK for Qt.  GTK has been turned into an inflexible bureaucratic nightmare.  I can either spend my time trying to figure out how to outwit the limitations GTK has been saddled with, or I can spend my time learning a new toolkit.  The latter is far more

Re: GTK+ 4 suggestions

2018-07-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 1:26 PM, scott via gtk-list wrote: > I'm new here, and here to cause some trouble. I just wrote my first GTK+3 > app - or rather, I adapted an existing C++ program to give it a GUI with > GTK+3, and the distinction is important for reasons I'll make clear. It > wasn't a fu

Re: GTK+ 4 suggestions

2018-07-22 Thread scott via gtk-list
On 07/22/2018 02:37 PM, Paul Davis wrote: On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 1:26 PM, scott via gtk-list mailto:gtk-list@gnome.org>> wrote: Abolish the concept of a main gtk thread. "Anything anywhere and real soon now" should be the motto. ​this is a terrible, terrible idea. the benefits of a