[plt-scheme] Announce: mzgtk2 release 2 version 2.6.10.002

From: Robby Findler (robby.findler at gmail.com)
Date: Sat Jan 6 14:35:40 EST 2007

Very nice.

But, and I'm sorry I can't resist adding this ... all doable with
mred. (I'm sure this is no surprise, given that drscheme uses the mred
library for all of its graphical bits.)

Robby

On 1/6/07, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema <hdnews at gawab.com> wrote:
> Well thank you for that. I'm sure you're right about the editor, however,
> look also at:
>
> http://www.elemental-programming.org/zk-Consultvenster.html
>
> The editor used has been made on top of the styled editor widget of MzGtk2.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Hans
>
>
> Robby Findler schreef:
> > Oh, and let me add: I'm very happy to see gtk for plt scheme! Thanks
> > for the work.
> >
> > Robby
> >
> > On 1/6/07, Robby Findler <robby.findler at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> With the exception of the list view, mred has all of the features from
> >> your web page. And I'm fairly certain the editor is far better in mred
> >> than gtk. (It has to be to support drscheme ...). It doesn't look as
> >> good under linux probably, but it looks better under macos and
> >> windows.
> >>
> >> YMMV.
> >>
> >> Robby
> >>
> >> On 1/6/07, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema <hdnews at gawab.com> wrote:
> >> > You are right of course. Gtk however is quite mainstream, there are
> >> > a lot of Gtk bindings out there and Gtk as a widget set is under
> >> constant
> >> > development, i.e. there's a team of widget set specialists working on
> >> > the widget set. That was what I meant by 'solid widget base'. And,
> >> indeed,
> >> > it has a lot of features and is constantly getting more.
> >> >
> >> > Best wishes,
> >> > --Hans
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Robby Findler schreef:
> >> > > On 1/6/07, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema <hdnews at gawab.com> wrote:
> >> > >>  I did look a littlebit to MrEd. Not in depth however. I still
> >> wanted
> >> > >>  a solid widget base that is constantly under development and that
> >> > >>  is portable enough for Windows/Linux/UNIX/Mac OS. Gtk
> >> > >>  provided me with what I wanted, so I went with that.
> >> > >
> >> > > :)
> >> > >
> >> > > As it turns out, mred is a "solid widget base that is constantly
> >> under
> >> > > development and that is portable enough for Windows/Linux/UNIX/Mac
> >> > > OS."
> >> > >
> >> > > It may not have the widgets you want tho, I'm not sure.
> >> > >
> >> > > Robby
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
>


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