Hello,
I have one idea - to start working on the new GUI for GRASS based on
GTK2. What do you think about this?
Thank you for your opinion. Martin
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CTU Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
Why not join the JGrass java GUI project?
Cheers
Andrea
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Yes,
Good, I maybe able to help.
I am also considering the same, a GTK-Python GUI
which is enough at least for me...
Currently we are doing a pygtk project which uses
grass as its backend.
B/w before starting look at other grass GUI initiatives
and why they failed....
On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 11:39, Martin Landa wrote:
Hello,
I have one idea - to start working on the new GUI for GRASS based on
GTK2. What do you think about this?Thank you for your opinion. Martin
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Andrea Antonello wrote:
Why not join the JGrass java GUI project?
Java is not free. I think it is important to use free tools to build free software.
But, maybye there are serious advantages to use java instead of GTK, could you explain them to me.
Regards,
Jean-Denis
Cheers
Andrea
Martin Landa wrote:
Hello,
I have one idea - to start working on the new GUI for GRASS based on
GTK2. What do you think about this?
This is a great idea, I send mail about the same idea this mornis on grassgui. I made a project registration request this morning at sourceforge.
I give you more infos when they will be avalaible.
Regards,
Jean-Denis
Thank you for your opinion. Martin
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Well, just a guess 
Don't want to discuss about programming language.
Just, in a few months we spread a first release.
Could be more persistent to work on something already existing.
Good luck, whatever you choose...
Andrea
On Tuesday 27 April 2004 16:42, Jean-Denis Giguere wrote:
Andrea Antonello wrote:
> Why not join the JGrass java GUI project?Java is not free. I think it is important to use free tools to build
free software.But, maybye there are serious advantages to use java instead of GTK,
could you explain them to me.Regards,
Jean-Denis
> Cheers
> Andrea
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Andrea Antonello
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fax: +390461882672
____________________________________________________________________________
Martin Landa wrote:
I have one idea - to start working on the new GUI for GRASS based on
GTK2. What do you think about this?
Personally, I think that GTK would be the best of the available
choices. Primarily because:
1. It is widely used. Most Linux systems will already have it, as will
many other Unix systems. On non-Unix systems (MacOSX doesn't count, as
its official GUI doesn't use X11), it's less obscure than many of the
packages which GRASS requires.
2. The Windows port is pretty good, doesn't require Cygwin, and is
free.
3. It doesn't use C++, which dramatically improves both source and
binary compatibility over toolkits which do.
4. It isn't based upon Tcl, Python, Java, or any similar "fringe"
language.
All of these factors improve the survival chances of a GTK-based
program relative to one which requires that you: install a half-dozen
extra packages which you never needed before, upgrade another
half-dozen libraries to later versions, upgrade gcc, and/or learn to
program in a new language.
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