Re: Roadmap; future file format changes

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 03:55:01PM +0100, Ed Avis wrote:
> 
> Apart from new grabbers there is a long todo list, and no clear
> indication of where to go next.  I think I would like to abolish
> tv_pick_cgi and replace it with a graphical, Tk-based listings chooser

Why Tk?  Tk apps always wind up looking ugly and kludgy.  I dunno if
it's the widgets it uses or what, but just about every Tk app I have
seen looks amateur.

Why not use GTK?  It's cross-platform and there are bindings to it for
just about every language out thre, including what seems to be the
favourite here, Perl.

In fact, Mandrake Linux's whole installer interface is written in
GTK/Perl and it look _very_ clean and professional.  Very GTK
consistent.

Actually, writing a "tv grid" application with a GTK interface (maybe
in Perl) has been on my TODO list for a long time, but I just don't
have a lot of "liesure" time these days.

b.

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Brian J. Murrell

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