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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: What exactly is the licensing situation with GNAT?
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:20:25 +0100
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:44:28 -0800, Hubert wrote:

> Part 
> of what put me off two years ago was that Gtk wasn't working very well 
> for me. The layout editor was messing up half my screen and looked not 
> very user friendly,

That likely is because GTK's philosophy of dealing with the layout is
different from the traditional fixed-layout approach as known in Windows
GDI or Delphi.

GTK's idea (similar to TeX, BTW) is that the layout and all widgets must be
resizable by default. Which is IMO far more natural, at least for desktop
applications. One of the advantages is that the UI looks well in all screen
resolutions, provided designed correctly. However, it may require a bit
more mental efforts while designing the layout and some courage not to go
easy GLADE path.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de