Gbor Farkas <gabor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David Kastrup wrote: > >Gábor Farkas <gabor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > >>Jakub Narebski wrote: > >>>I wonder if PyGTK is as portable as Tcl/Tk... > >>GTK does not run natively on osx, tcl/tk does. > >> > >> > >>p.s: there are some ways to make GTK run on osx, like running it using > >>the apple x11-server, but then it looks ugly and does not have the > >>native' feeling, > > > >Doesn't Tcl/Tk also look ugly and does not have the native feeling? > >But at least a user does not have to invest much work to get there. On both Mac OS X and Windows (Cygwin and MSYS) Tcl/Tk has a native look and feel. I don't have git-gui looking completely like a native Mac OS X application, but it is close enough that its fine for its current state of development. On Windows it fits in alongside the rest of the c**p^H^H^H^Hawesome programs on that platform. git-gui only looks horrible on UNIX X11, where Tk has just not gotten the level of UI improvement that it has on Mac OS X and Windows. I'm waiting for Tk 8.5 where the Tile extensions have been added to the base system. We should be able to do some nice improvements there. > hmm.. he at least needs the X11 server installed (which is not > by-default installed). but that's probably installed for a developer. For GTK, yes, you need the X11 server. Most users do not have the X11 server installed, even though it comes on the Mac OS X DVDs shipped with every computer. So GTK without a finished native port is not the best choice for Mac OS X users. For Tcl/Tk, no, the X11 server is *not* required. Apple ships a native Aqua port of Tcl/Tk as part of the stock Mac OS X system. The port looks pretty good alongside other Mac OS X applications. -- Shawn. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
