Finally, the Govt itself will feel the pain of their own stupidity. Whats the difference if they have 50 firewalls or 500? This is what the terrorists want: to make working at Govt. agencies less enjoyable by cramping their internet access while making them waste millions implementing it!.
Now for the reality:
There are no terrorists.
The goal is to make more money for contractors.
We Americans foot the bill all the way.
Its all a big lie, either you believe it or
you go along with it to reap the benefits.
Yes, 911, the pretext for all this, was an inside job!
Unfortunately, its not automatic. But there are reasons for it. You loose a lot of control over how each widget is rendered when you use a theme. A lot of apps would break badly if you just swapped in the new ttk versions. I know, as I've done it automatically with a script.
On the upside, its really not hard to change the widget references in the code and cleanup any misbehaving widgets . You'll end up with a much better app in the end.
I'm in complete disagreement. In the last 10 years Tcl has evolved greatly. It's not just for simple cross-platform embedded scripts, but also for complex cross-platform embedded apps.
Tk has font anti-aliasing built in now, even on Linux. In the past it was a compile time option.
Themes on Linux are difficult to coordinate at the application level since there is no one standard desktop environment (I don't use KDE or Gnome myself). Because of this, tying Tk to a specific desktop would typically mean it would only work in that environment. The demand for that has been low up to this point. Most Linux users accept the fact that apps may not follow their desktop theme, unless its designed specifically for their environment.
My Tcl/Tk apps run on all desktop environments, but don't match the theme. It will look the same on Windows & OSX if I choose. I prefer the "run everywhere" scenario over the "run themed here, and nowhere else" scenario.
Exactly. Thats why it is important that more "Open Source friendly" companies obtain and leverage software patents. It's the only way we can keep Government mandated monopolies from crushing Open Source.
Eolas is more than a patent portfolio company. Besides developing specialized software, it is also a sponsor of many Open Source software projects.
Microsoft can spread all the FUD it wants, but the truth can't be denied.
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Finally, the Govt itself will feel the pain of their own stupidity. Whats the difference if they have 50 firewalls or 500? This is what the terrorists want: to make working at Govt. agencies less enjoyable by cramping their internet access while making them waste millions implementing it!. Now for the reality: There are no terrorists. The goal is to make more money for contractors. We Americans foot the bill all the way. Its all a big lie, either you believe it or you go along with it to reap the benefits. Yes, 911, the pretext for all this, was an inside job!
Unfortunately, its not automatic. But there are reasons for it. You loose a lot of control over how each widget is rendered when you use a theme. A lot of apps would break badly if you just swapped in the new ttk versions. I know, as I've done it automatically with a script. On the upside, its really not hard to change the widget references in the code and cleanup any misbehaving widgets . You'll end up with a much better app in the end.
Most of the negative comments about Tcl/Tk focus on the past versions, missing the point of this new 8.5.0 release! Try it before you bash it.
Theres no excuses now to look like crap, unless thats what the programmer intended. Hence the significance of version 8.5.0 .
I'm in complete disagreement. In the last 10 years Tcl has evolved greatly. It's not just for simple cross-platform embedded scripts, but also for complex cross-platform embedded apps.
I learned something new today. Qt support for Tcl: http://wiki.tcl.tk/2181
It is necessary, as you can't embed Perl into anything but a full PC. Thats why I now loath Perl and love Tcl. Power in smaller size.
Tk has font anti-aliasing built in now, even on Linux. In the past it was a compile time option. Themes on Linux are difficult to coordinate at the application level since there is no one standard desktop environment (I don't use KDE or Gnome myself). Because of this, tying Tk to a specific desktop would typically mean it would only work in that environment. The demand for that has been low up to this point. Most Linux users accept the fact that apps may not follow their desktop theme, unless its designed specifically for their environment. My Tcl/Tk apps run on all desktop environments, but don't match the theme. It will look the same on Windows & OSX if I choose. I prefer the "run everywhere" scenario over the "run themed here, and nowhere else" scenario.
Exactly. Thats why it is important that more "Open Source friendly" companies obtain and leverage software patents. It's the only way we can keep Government mandated monopolies from crushing Open Source.
Eolas is more than a patent portfolio company. Besides developing specialized software, it is also a sponsor of many Open Source software projects. Microsoft can spread all the FUD it wants, but the truth can't be denied.
The Eolas patent is not a submarine patent. Microsoft was given the option to license the technology years ago, Microsoft just refused to pay.