Re:GTK 5 might drop X11 support
by kelnos on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @06:19PM
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After looking at gtk4 recently, I also learned it's pretty crippled in some areas as compared to gtk3. I understand their rationale for this (removing things like GtkPlug/GtkSocket, and making it impossible to implement yourself), but I can't say I agree with it. I've started a couple new gtk3-based projects recently, and I don't think I'd ever migrate them to gtk4.
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Re:GTK 5 might drop X11 support
by Crysstalis on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @07:38PM
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GtkPlug was a pretty busted API that only ever worked on X11, and even then it didn't totally work right. To make it work on other platforms (or allow users to implement it themselves) would require exposing so many hooks in the toolkit that it's not worth it.