Le 14/05/2013 11:46, Stefan Du Rietz a écrit : > On 2013-05-14 10:22, Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > -------------------- >> Le 14/05/2013 10:14, Piotr Zaprawa a écrit : >>> Hello >>> >>> I want to understand why Tcl in Scilab has been replaced >>> by Java. I spend many hours reading many different papers >>> on the Internet and I find only this: >>> >>> <Francois Vogel>: ...The Scilab 4.x graphics have been >>> *replaced* by the java graphics, for better or for worse... >>> >>> and nothing else (I was reading about some problems >>> with Tcl on MAC ver. 5.2, but I'm not sure if this is real >>> reason or replacement result only). >>> >>> Do you know any facts about replacement reasons? >>> >> Tcl was not use for the GUI or the graphics. Tcl was used for the text >> editor (scipad) and is still used >> for the graphic editor (ged). >> >> In the 4.X family, the Scilab GUI was written with Xlibs under GNU/Linux >> and Win32 under Microsoft Windows. >> As you can imagine, it was hard to maintain two base code and Xlibs >> programming is not the most intuitive. >> Under Mac OS X, it also required a X server to run Scilab. >> >> Java code has the advantage to be portable and multiplateform and now >> provides a nice look and feel. >> >> Sylvestre >> > But why is the GUI so *extremely slow* in Ubuntu Linux? Well, we do not experience such problems under this system (many Scilab developers run Ubuntu) You should report a bug with detailed information on your issue.
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