On 24/12/2014 06:18, Jonathan Wilkes via Pd-list wrote:
Hi list, I've been investigating other guis as possible replacements for tcl/tk gui. A few reasons:
- tk is slow to redraw
- no anti-aliasing except on OSX
- poor support for theming
- poor support for standard image formats
- binary alpha channel
- limited control of font properties on canvas
- lack of proper canvas zooming
- non-standard file save/open dialogs
- lack of common gui-toolkit tools like tooltips and rich text
- too much bit-rot in third-party libraries to work around all the above
Good point. In my opinion, graphical stuff requires a lot of effort (in code/design and, of course, for the portability). I really *LOVE* the pd (well... I prefer pd-extended :) ) graphical philosophy: small bocks, no exploding rainbows of color. Simple and elegant.
Can be better? Probably. Especially considering the issues presented by Jonathan. But I think that will be a huge milestone (in terms of effort). Ok... the modular nature of pd can help a lot in order to make smooth transitions.
To the technical side, which tk?
- JUCE: multiplatform
- FlowCanvas (now Ganv, http://drobilla.net/software/flowcanvas/):
technically is not a tk, but a widget for Gtkmm, but its a nice widget for drawing "boxes and lines" (cit. Drobilla) stuff.
Cheers
Alessio
[CUT] -Jonathan
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