From: Kevin Smith <sent@...>
Date: 2000-12-28T12:09:56+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:8154] Re: Praise for Ruby/GTK

Cameron Laird wrote:
>I have a lot of interest in comparisons of the toolkits.
>How do you find "GTK ... so much better than Tk ..."?

- GTK widgets have a crisper look (subjective).
- GTK widget hierarchy is better designed. 
Examples include their ScrollableWindow and Paned 
classes. Very similar to the "Design Patterns" 
examples.
- GTK parameters are all "normal" instead of the 
confusing hashes and blocks used by Perl/Tk. 
Also, Tk wants parameters as strings, like 'end', 
which I didn't like.
- GTK packing seems much more straightforward.
- Ruby/GTK is much closer to the C GTK+ API (and 
docs) than Ruby/Tk is to Perl/Tk. I bought a 
Perl/Tk book and still struggled, but the online 
GTK+ reference has worked great for me.
- Widget selection. GTK has trees, multi-column 
listbox with header, tab control, balloon help, 
and just about anything else you would want.
- Sequence of creation. With Tk it's: 
child.new(parent). With GTK it's child.new, 
parent.add(child). Either works, but GTK is 
simpler and more conventional (to me).
- GTK has slightly more "normal" key bindings in 
the multi-line editor widget.

[Hey Dave! You wanna paste this into the Wiki for 
me?]

Kevin