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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
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From: "WokieSux282@ud0s4.net" <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net>
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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:38 -0500
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On 2/12/25 3:20 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
> WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote at 23:31 this Monday (GMT):
>> On 2/10/25 1:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> D <nospam@example.net> wrote at 21:19 this Saturday (GMT):
>>> [snip]
>>>> My most powerful software was a multi-path checker to a storage system
>>>> that held a lot of pension money.
>>>>
>>>> It was written in bash. =D
>>>>
>>>> Ok, ok... I wrote a GUI for some kind of batch job mgmt software that IBM
>>>> hobbled together in order to trace dependencies, that was done in python.
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you use something like tkinter?
>>
>>     TKinter works. Not ultra-elegant but functional.
>>
>>     I've used it for several projects with pop-up
>>     windows and touch-screens and such. Did find that
>>     you get less grief if you don't CLOSE those windows
>>     but just send 'em off to negative screen coords.
>>     Then on signal from a touch-screen or timer or
>>     whatever you just drag 'em back into view and
>>     make whatever updates.
>>
>>     TK is also pretty well documented since it's been
>>     around for awhile. Actually none of the graphics
>>     toolkits are particularly 'elegant' or great joys
>>     to use so go with what seems easiest for the job.
>>
>>     Mostly if I need something with a quickie GUI then
>>     I use Lazarus/FPC when possible. The WYSIWYG form
>>     builder with a zillion possible options is WAY nicer
>>     than the line-at-a-time TK approach plus Pascal looks
>>     much nicer than Python or 'C'.
> 
> 
> I would still probably use TK for a really quick GUI, but I prefer
> terminal ui's nowadays.

   You can do good stuff with TUIs these days, no question.
   However if your app is graphics-heavy or very mousey/
   touchscreeny then TK or friends are likely better.

   One size doesn't fit all.

   Lazarus lets you whip up a GUI fast, and there are
   a zillion settings/hooks for each screen element you
   can tweak as needed. Pascal is not as popular as it
   once was, but it's a good and very complete lang and,
   IMHO, worth being familiar with.