Re: Plotting status in Octave

[Michael Goffioul]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
<address@hidden> wrote:
> 2008/10/23 Michael Goffioul <address@hidden>:
>> you can also type
>>
>> backend('fltk');
>
> So, uhm... I know talk is cheap without me coding for it, but... why
> fltk? It produces ugly widgets, while Qt produces native-looking
> widgets. I can just imagine the Mac users complaining about plotting
> in Octave because the widgets look ugly. :-/ Qt does have a huge set
> of dependencies, though, plus all that weird macro hackery. Did you
> choose fltk because it's lightweight, or because it integrates nicely
> with OpenGL, or why?
>
> Take my questions with a grain of salt unless they come with code. ;-)

The main reason is that FLTK was the choice of Shai and he
wrote the backend code. And the one who writes the code, decides...
I spend most of my efforts in the OpenGL renderer, which can be
used with any toolkit.

Michael.