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Pierre-François Gomez <pf.gomez@××××.fr> said: |
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> At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:30:29 +0100, |
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> Hello, |
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> dams@×××.fr wrote: |
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>> available. So the good choici would be imho python. Now for the gui, you can |
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>> use gtk2, it's a good choice for me, but qt is also perfect for the job. |
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> I mostly agree with you, but about the gui, i'd like to add something that imho |
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> should be taken into consideration. |
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> Many users are using the shell but still want a nice UI. For example, i'm using |
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> my gentoo box remotely most of the time (from my office workstation...), but i |
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> really appreciate using Wanderlust for my mails : though i'm using it from a |
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> secure shell, i still have a nice text-UI... |
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> I know it's extra-work, and that it may not come at first, but could room be |
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> made to allow someone (or maybe yourself) to easily add a text-UI at a later |
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> stage ? Something like a core/ui architecture ? |
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I like gtk especially for this extension project called Cursed Gtk. You have |
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nothing to change, only load a different library at runtime, and your |
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application runs in ncurses :) |
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http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/screenshots/demo_rozdily.png |
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http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/screenshots/gamma.png |
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>> I'm strongly against asking the user to install (and configure) a postgresql db |
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>> on his system. |
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> So i am : imho, it really is too "overkill" a dependancy. |
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> I don't have many knowledge concerning data management, but wouldn't berkdb be |
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> a good choice, too ? |
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berkdb cannot do sql, so you have very less power. But it's faster. sqlite does |
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worth the look, it's the ideal compromise between speed and powerfull (it |
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supports 95% sql) |
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dams |
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