the email was cc'd to gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx, which is where the discussion is taking place, my point is, why after 2 years, throw away, or recode, a project in another toolkit? there must be a reason a purpose, whether Qt is limited in a way, or perhaps he's tired of it, or perhaps he just wants a change, thats what I'm asking On 4/26/05, Benjamin Lau Wei Yii <blwy10@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Next time CC it to gtkmm-list@xxxxxxxxx, it does > pertain them mostly. And on another note, it isn't > exactly a real waste of time per se, as most of the > basic stuff is syntactically alike, except probably > for the scripting and the database. > > --- Chris Thomas <chris.alex.thomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > not wanting to start a flame war, but why after 2 > > years, are you > > leaving Qt to come to GTK ? sounds like a waste of a > > _lot_ of work? > > > > On 4/26/05, Francisco Santiago Capel Torres > > <santiagocapel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello list: > > > > > > I have been developing for 2 years with Qt. I have > > developed a GPL report > > > engine http://reports.sourceforge.net > > > Now, I want to abandon my Qt develpment and port > > it to GTK-- and STL. > > > > > > I will replace all the Qt container classes with > > the STL ones. > > > My program doesn't use a lot of windows, so this > > is not an important issue. > > > > > > But there are a few issues that concern me, and I > > need your advice: > > > > > > a) What is the basic String type in GTK--? Does it > > support unicode? Can I use > > > the STL string? > > > > > > b) Are there Date, Time and DateTime classes? > > > > > > c) Is there a nicely packed c++ library with all > > the elements that I used to > > > have with Qt, like XML, SQL, etc? > > > c.1) If not, what library can I use for > > SQL? It should be really > > > light-weight, just a wrapper for the MySQL and > > PostGreSQL servers. > > > c.2) For XML, I only need a SAX parser. > > > > > > d) Is there a library for scripting like QSA? I > > don't need the signal/slots > > > mechanism of Qt, just a light-weight expressions > > evaluator. I have even > > > started to build my own one with lex and yacc. > > > > > > I don't think these are big issues, I just need a > > bit of advise to start > > > quickly with the best options. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -- > > > Tengo que cambiar mi firma > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > Francisco Santiago Capel Torres > > > santiagocapel@xxxxxxxx > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Log on to Messenger with your mobile phone! > http://sg.messenger.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
