Re: A first look

Tim Terleg?rd <[email protected]>:
>
> I read about anygui in the Python Cookbook yesterday. I got interested,
> so here I am. I have a few questions, of course  :)

:)

I should warn you that this project isn't very active at present.

> * There is no screenshot on the curses-backend on the website. Is it
> working satisfactory?

It works OK in the latest (quite old) release. Not quite sure how well
it works in the CVS version -- it hasn't been tested properly for a
while.

> * How up to date are the backends? Is GTK v2 working, or only v1?

Only GTK v2, in fact.

> * An interim release were announced to happen soon. Where is it?

Nowhere to be seen ;)

Actually, just grab a CVS snapshot -- the talked-about interim release
wouldn't be any different.

> * How come there is not that much of interest in a project like this?
>   I find it quite weird. Bad marketing?  :)

Hard to tell. The project kind of ran out of steam (perhaps in part
because of the "second system syndrom") and as long as it's not
actively developed I guess it won't attract much interest.

> * What are Anygui's goals? To provide a documented/specified subset of
>   GUIs for small apps or a general toolkit for any app?

Small.

> * I was surprised when I didn't find anything about IRC on the website.
>   I though all open source projects had their own channels. Is there
>   one? If not, why not start one?

Never thought about it. Not much is going on, so I don't think there
would be much talk on that channel... :]

> Tim

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