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Offline lonelyforest

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Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« on: May 05, 2008, 04:45:47 pm »
I am new BC , Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?

Just ....


BC is powerful, i will use it on my computer, Fedora 9~~~~~~~~~~~~ but I use KDE4

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2008, 05:56:32 pm »
Why not use wxWidgets?

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2008, 06:19:33 pm »
What is BC?
Be patient!
This bug will be fixed soon...

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008, 06:36:01 pm »
BC = typo for CB, i think. Anyway, here's my personal interpretation for why we use wxWidgets instead of QT.

wxWidgets is portable to many platforms, and it uses the platform's native widgets when possible, which makes a good cross-platform implementation, at least for Windows. Windows users shouldn't be asked to install X, Y or Z widget library separately before installing a program - and when they do, the end result isn't exactly pretty. I believe that choosing wxWidgets as the widget library was a key factor in making C::B a success.

That, and considering that in its beginnings, C::B was a Windows-only program, wxWidgets was the only practical choice.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2008, 06:41:21 pm by rickg22 »

Offline Auria

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2008, 07:54:14 pm »
And maybe you could ask GIMP devs why they use GTK and not KDE, and maybe you could ask inkscape developers why they use GTK and not KDE... and maybe i could ask you why you're starting yet another GUI toolkit flamewar instead of using KDevelop or bearing with GTK

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2008, 10:14:30 am »
Hello,

personally, I like both wxWidgets and Qt, even if I am more experienced with the latter. If I have to chose one of them for a given project/task, I will look at its requirements and at my skills and knowledge on the "GUI" tool.

Also I think that this question has been asked already somehow :). Just make a forum(s) search.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Re: Why CB doesn't use QT4 ? but use wxWidget ?
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2008, 04:25:47 pm »
Thank you!! Thank you