Having worked with GTK+ for LinuxDC++, I would highly not recommend using it to replace DWT. It is a C based library and the impedance mismatch with using it in a C++ based language makes for very unwieldy code. There is a C++ wrapper called gtkmm which may alleviate that, but when LinuxDC++ was originally using gtkmm I heard it was slow and required extra compilation steps. This may have changed with the latest version though so it might be worth looking at gtkmm 3.
I think the concerns about GTK+ 3 being an unstable API are unwarranted. For the type of simple widgets that DC++ would be using, there would be very little chance of an API breakage. Having bugs when using those APIs would definitely be a possibility as there is still a lot of changes going on behind the API though. I agree with poy and crise that std and boost libraries should be used as much as possible to avoid platform specific code. But if the latter is required then avoiding ifdefs and using separate implementation files would be the way to go. Regarding DWT, I never understood why it was necessary to write a separate widget toolkit. Just an observation and not a knock against anyone since writing a toolkit is very hard, but it seems like a lot of the bugs I see you guys fixing are due to this layer of the stack and moving to a more well known toolkit may help alleviate the workload and allow for a better multi-platform experience. It would also allow LinuxDC++ to be integrated into DC++ (or for it to just disappear). I would suggest sticking with the two main toolkits (QT5 or GTK+3) as anything else will not have the financial backing behind it to be kept stable and up to date nor will they be supported very well on multiple platforms. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Dcplusplus-team, which is subscribed to DC++. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1297688 Title: Moving away from Win API to Multiplatform Status in DC++: New Bug description: Isnt it time to move away from Win API to multi-platform so every platform can enjoy the vanilla client without using mods. Currently im running DC++ under Wine and there are alot of missing features under Wine since they are windows specific and not working proper under Wine and that got me thinking why.. More and more are moving away from Windows these days since the introduction of Windows 8 to other platforms and the development of LinuxDC++ seems really low more dead to be fair so why not fill the void with small steps towards true multi-platform. and without starting to talk about what windows manager to use etc im more or less talking about core features but if i can suggest something that seems ok, its QT5 i truly hope this feature request at least gets some proper consideration and discussion at the top level. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dcplusplus/+bug/1297688/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~linuxdcpp-team Post to : linuxdcpp-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linuxdcpp-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
