Am 02.07.2013 12:48, schrieb Edgaras: > On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 12:33:08PM +0200, David wrote: >> Am 02.07.2013 09:46, schrieb Edgaras: >>> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 08:11:36AM +0200, David wrote: >>>> Am 02.07.2013 07:08, schrieb Edgaras: >>>>> I think you should reconsider tk, though you need to install tcl and tk, >>>>> tk is >>>>> quite nice to work with (with exception of some small hiccups), and if >>>>> you have >>>>> a cli for controlling everything it should wrap around it quite well. >>>>> >>>> I personally find Tk horrible. >>>> >>> Horible in what way? Apart from web crap. what are alternatives to quickly >>> creating guis? Especially when you just need wrapper around some cli tool? >>> >> It looks like crap on every platform, the api is painful (even though >> defenitly not the worst I have ever seen). > Afaik looks like crap is old argument, new themed tk widgets integrate into os > very well. And although I havent yet done large stuff with tk (though I'm > planing, thats why I'm interested), I have not seen anything particularly > painful. Most things seem quite intuitive and simple, and I also like tcl > quite > a bit. Only annoying thing I found so far is that listbox widget is not > storing > key - value pairs, only "keys", this is a bit nasty when working with data > from > db. > > Anyways I would be very interested in what you find painful in tk? The widgets too limited and I don't like the API, using it feels like a hack (maybe personal preference) >> I would probably go with Gtk if it has to be C (or my own, -> OpenGL). > I think gtk has more dependancies? As for gl, writing qui lib sounds quite > painful, and you need semi decent hw for gl which might hurt portability. Portability is not the problem, the problem is, it takes time and as I mentioned if you need it fast or don't want to invest the time or you need lots of widgets, that makes no sense. I though it might workout for his "Laser-Project". >> If you have e.g. python, I'd use wx and if I really need advanced >> controls and a highly dynamic GUI, Qt. > I have quite a bit of antipathy for wx. And Qt is Humongous, and is C++, > and I have doubts that it provides anything more dynamic than tk. Qt, has a ton more widgets and is incredibly powerful in combination with Qml (also QWebKit, but Gtk provides that, too). >> Tk has none of the advantages each of the "3 Major" (gtk, wx, Qt), >> additionally (as mentioned before), it looks like crap on every platform. >> >> - David > Again for looks like crap, I think you should investigate it. > http://www.tkdocs.com/tutorial/firstexample.html#design > > Look at shots there, it integrates quite well, though on linux it does not > seem > to be fully configured, or maybe they used some dodgy gtk theme. > When I played around with tk, it looked like crap on Windows and my Linux, maybe this changed?
- David
