From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-17 06:32:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer!btnet!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <0zS27.187213$DG1.31590366@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <3B4FEFDE.10E7B423@snafu.de> <3B52CC1D.21CFB0B8@ebox.tninet.se> Subject: Re: An Ada IDE and discussions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:29:02 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.14.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 995376461 62.253.14.225 (Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:27:41 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:27:41 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10058 Date: 2001-07-17T14:29:02+01:00 List-Id: "Stefan Skoglund" wrote in message news:3B52CC1D.21CFB0B8@ebox.tninet.se... > "chris.danx" wrote: > > That means there can be no use of GWindows and using GTK/Ada instead. I might > > consider that, but I'm not familiar with Gtk at all, and it needs to support > > accelerator keys, make plugins possible, allow dynamic menus, allow custom > > controls to be created, and more. Also is Gtk not scripted, slowing the whole > > thing down? > > Do Gtk+ support acc keys (graphical artistis likes acc. keys) yes > Plugins (script-fu in gimp) yes > Dynamic menus yes. > Custom controls yes > Gtk+ scripted NO > libglade gives you an application whose GUI is stored as a xml file. Thanks, I was getting confused with tcl/tk or somthing. I've been rather busy training my Ape, Kira, to be nice to those moany villagers, but I will make a decision on Gtk soon (today or tommorrow). Thanks again, Chris Campbell