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From: eugened at istar.ca (Eugene Dragoev)
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 23:23:59 -0400
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Subject: The Future of Tk?
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Message-ID: <371E964F.C531C2A@istar.ca>
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X-UID: 143
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For programmers using languages other than Tcl.
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I recently "discovered" the latest stable version of Tcl/Tk (8.05) and
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must say that was quite impressed by the simplicity and ease of use of
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Tk.
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But I also found that while older versions of Tk were using lightweight
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components (Some Java terminology :) the latest version is using native
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components for things like scrollbars and buttons.
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I don't want to say that this is bad for Tcl users but what about all
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the other languages that use Tk? Isn't writting multiplatform GUI harder
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using native components. I think Java made big step forward in
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abandoning the native components and using lightweight ones in Swing.
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Is there going to be any Tk implementation that will continue using
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lightweight components?
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What do you think?
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Eugene
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