[gtkada] GDK 2.2.0 and Event Handling

[Preben Randhol]

mrada <mrada at catalina-inter.net> wrote on 16/07/2003 (09:08) :
> >On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:44:55  0200 Preben Randhol <randhol at pvv.org> wrote.
> >Why are you only using GDK? What are you making?
> 
> I did software many years ago under X Windows and Motif which required
> a lot of low-level programming.  When I switched over to GDK it was
> very similar to the way I was doing the software at the time.  I liked
> that I didn't have to learn something new (GTK).  Also what was nice
> was that I could do the programming under Linux and Windows.  I
> haven't wanted to upgrade it to a GTK way of doing things.  I
> basically write my own widget creation software.  I like reinventing
> the wheel so to speak.  

I would incourage you to use gtk it is much simpler than gdk and you
would finish your apps much faster so you could make more apps.

> So please no flame wars on my archaic way of doing things! :-)

No no flames, only incouragement to use GTK in stead. :-)

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