Re: [tlug] Input methods, once more

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Breen <Jim.Breen@example.com> writes:

    Jim> Josh Glover <tlug@example.com> dashed off:

    >>> Firefox is also an X11 program, since GTK is just an
    >>> abstraction layer on top of the native X11 libraries

Actually, not true.  Yes, GTK communicates with the server via Xlib,
and some of the GTK client-side stuff (such as Xft anti-aliasing) is
available with Xlib/Xt, but basically programming with GTK is almost
as different from working with X as with MS Windows.

    >>> (with which only Steve Turnbull and

Just buy the O'Reilly books, that'll make a man of you.

>> Jim Breen are man enough to do battle; the rest of us turn tail and run
>> at the merest *mention* of the fearsome beast). XMODIFIERS can potent-
>> ially affect *any* X11 program, GTK, KDE, or not.

    Jim> Maybe it's time to look at GTK-Wimp. Has anyone tried to
    Jim> crank up a platform-independant app using GTK/GTK-Wimp?

I kinda liked WX-Windows (GTK-based) when I tried it.  The nice things
about that is that is has several language bindings, including Python
(the binding I played with).

Of course, XEmacs has a full GNOME/libglade binding when GTK support
is built in, and there is now a native xlib binding, and even an
XEmacs-based window manager, xwem, which is faster than but not
anywhere near as complete (yet) as sawfish.  But if you can't Lithp
wis the betht of uth, maybe thatth not your sing.



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