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Re: Object graphics on Windows [message #35441 is a reply to message #35321]

Thu, 12 June 2003 10:35

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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JD Smith writes:

> Despite the oft-misinformed outlook of Windows users, who have been
> hardened by enduring years of incompatible OS upgrades, the various
> different linux distributions are actually, for the most part, just
> different flavors of exactly the same thing, diverging most notably in
> GUI themes and control tools.

And if I didn't know better, I would bet it is exactly
these "GUI themes and control tools" that make resizing
widgets "problematical". :-)

Of course, it is really the whole notion of "cross-compatibility"
that makes any GUI representation problematical. I have noticed
that I have even more problems (it seems) when I incorporate
widgets into objects. The problem seems to be systematic, rather
than the result of my typical boneheaded programming style, since
I've seen manifestations of it popping up in the strangest
places (e.g., in IDL 6.0). For the most part it seems
harmless. And it is always amusing to see a lone button widget
pop up in the middle of nowhere, followed seconds later by
the rest of the user interface.

Cheers,

David

P.S. Let's just say a course in alchemy would have been
handy for dealing with the the day to day trials and
tribulations of widget objects. :-)

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		Object graphics on Windows By: MKatz843 on Wed, 11 June 2003 15:24
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 12 June 2003 14:45
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 June 2003 10:35
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: JD Smith on Thu, 12 June 2003 09:47
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: James Kuyper on Thu, 12 June 2003 09:20
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 12 June 2003 09:09
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: David Fanning on Thu, 12 June 2003 08:29
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 12 June 2003 08:09
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: savoie.s.p.a.m. on Thu, 12 June 2003 07:44
		Re: Object graphics on Windows By: David Fanning on Wed, 11 June 2003 16:32

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