Re: gEDA: SPICE GUI

[Dan McMahill <dan@mcmahill.net>]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 08:43:40AM -0400, Bill Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 01:39, MSWaters wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> > 
> > My experience regarding GUI development under Linux is limited.
> > 
> > My reasons for choosing wxWidgets (formerly wxWindows) where as follows:
> > 
> > *  I wanted to learn to use a C++ GUI library for Linux development.
> > *  The library is currently being supported / developed.
> > *  The API seemed to be relatively simple / easy to use.
> > *  It offered ports to other platforms like Windows and Mac.
> > *  The documentation not only existed but seemed relatively complete.
> > *  It is open-source.
> > 


> Is there any consensus that the wxWidgets library is the best one for
> open-source EDA development?  It looks like qt is not open-source, and
> thus is unsuitable for our stuff.  Is GTK+ a good solution worth
> considering?

GTK+ is very widely used and runs under m$-windows as well as the X
windowing system.  Thats also what gschem uses.  I think GTK will be
with us for quite some time.  

-Dan

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