Re: [Lxde-list] LXDE FORK

[John S. <mai...@ba...>]

On 04/25/2013 04:14 PM, u-l...@ae... wrote:
> Hello John and everyone,
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 02:59:58PM +0200, John Spencer wrote:
>> OTOH what the LXDE leaders currently have in mind is even worse:
>>
>> now they want to use C++ (!) and Qt (!).
>
> Apparently, the perceived drawbacks of C++ depend heavily on how it is
> being used.
>
> Would you possibly say anything about how [un]bloated/[un]usable FLTK is
> nowadays? May it look like a viable alternative?
>

fltk seems to do relatively well in terms of bloat (i haven't measured 
tho), however since it's written in C++ i am not willing to use it for 
any own development.

the optimal gui toolkit should be written in C for maximal portability 
and minimum bloat, without any external dependencies like glib, and 
feature lua bindings so one could hack quick apps in lua.

i don't think it exists yet, the thing that comes closest is 
enlightenment, but i have the feeling they've also gotten way to excited 
about feature creep and eye candy lately.