QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad application

Re:QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad app... by int_19h on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:21AM (#19127192)

It doesn't look like it's actually standalone. The "50KB" on the main page refers to the size of a precompiled Linux binary, which is linked dynamically. So this makes about as much sense as only counting minified JavaScript for the size of an Electron app.

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Re:QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad app... by beojan on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:46AM (#19127248)

It makes a lot of sense, actually, because you probably have Qt installed and loaded already. The norm is to link to this system wide installation, so you don't count it as part of the application. On the other hand, the norm seems to be to ship a fresh copy of Electron with every app, and even if you have a system-wide Electron, it gets loaded anew for every app.

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Re:QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad app... by int_19h on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:37PM (#19131184)

It's the norm on Linux, but not on other platforms.

But either way, Qt5 still has to be installed (and, usually, downloaded) separately in many distros, especially those that are more Gtk-centric.

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Re:QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad app... by beojan on Monday February 11, 2019 @03:15AM (#19132809)

I think most people will have at least one Qt app installed. And the screenshot shows that (for once) the target are KDE users.

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Re:QtNotepad: Super lightweight and super simple notepad app... by adgasf on Sunday February 10, 2019 @05:54AM (#19127271)

I think it would be better to ship the Qt DLLs with the app for compatibility reasons. The issue with Electron is not the size of the bundle on disk, but the size of the application in memory.

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