Re: GDI+ and GNUstep on MS Windows

[Jason Clouse]

On 2003-12-04 16:59:22 -0800 Alex Perez <aperez@student.santarosa.edu> 
wrote:

> Folks,
>
> GDI+ is Microsoft's latest GDI incarnation. This was included with XP 
> and 
> Windows Server 2003, but the GDI+ runtime is available for download 
> for 
> Windows NT, 2000, Win98, and WinME at 
> http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdkredist.htm
>
> for GDI+ documentation see: 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/gdicpp/GDIPlus/AboutGDIPlus.asp
>
> This is the right route to go down if anyone is seriously looking 
> into native 
> widget drawing under Windows.

Is it backwards-compatible with earlier versions of Windows? (At least 
back it Win98, if not Win95.)  I'd say that's still important.

And I agree with the native-look faction here.  GNUstep apps must 
integrate into the environment in which they're placed, and follow all 
the GUI rules of that environment.  This is commonly called "being a 
good GUI citizen," and is one of the most important rules for 
interface design.  Just because X11 mixes toolkits doesn't mean it's 
the right thing to do.

BTW, while I'm on the subject of interfaces, will InterfaceWM use the 
Camaelon theme engine for its themes?  One of the most annoying things 
about GTK is that you have to have different themes for the window 
manager and the TK.  I can't tell you how much that pisses me off; and 
I *really* can't tell you how much it will piss off casual users.