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> CSS classes GTK has gotten so fat that it's more like a 2nd-rate Electron. Not that Electron would have done Ghostty any good... I have a bad feeling that

> CSS classes GTK has gotten so fat that it's more like a 2nd-rate Electron. Not that Electron would have done Ghostty any good... I have a bad feeling that the only decent & consistent UI option under Linux is to target Win32 API, then run it under Wine.

tristan957 1y ago
What does this have to do with Ghostty?
- nothankyou777 1y ago
  Are we looking at the same title? We rewrote the Ghostty *G* *T* *K* application The article about struggling... with GTK.
  - tristan957 1y ago
    You didn't explain anything wrong with GTK. You just brought up Electron out of nowhere.
    - nothankyou777 1y ago
      Electron is bringing an entire web browser in to provide a cross-platform user interface. GTK has become almost a web browser to provide a cross-platform user interface. That is why I started off with > CSS classes To spell it out, I think it is all excessive.
      - tristan957 1y ago
        I don't think you know enough about GTK if you think having a CSS parser is bloat in a UI toolkit versus a whole theming engine.
        nothankyou777 1y ago
        Their CSS implementation is broader than what most actual browsers had 10 years ago. I would not have commented if I weren't already painfully familiar. https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/css-overview.html https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/css-overview.html It even has a DOM inspector window: https://askubuntu.com/questions/597259/how-do-i-open-gtk-inspector https://askubuntu.com/questions/597259/how-do-i-open-gtk-ins...
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TUSF 1y ago
The negative aspects of Electron have little to nothing to do with CSS, and you're only invoking it here to poison the well by association.
- nothankyou777 1y ago
  You are projecting. Personally speaking, I would choose Electron waaaay before I'd choose GTK. That probably wasn't an option for his optimized terminal, but would be Good Enough™ for just about anything else.

tristan957 1y ago

What does this have to do with Ghostty?

nothankyou777 1y ago
Are we looking at the same title? We rewrote the Ghostty *G* *T* *K* application The article about struggling... with GTK.
- tristan957 1y ago
  You didn't explain anything wrong with GTK. You just brought up Electron out of nowhere.
  - nothankyou777 1y ago
    Electron is bringing an entire web browser in to provide a cross-platform user interface. GTK has become almost a web browser to provide a cross-platform user interface. That is why I started off with > CSS classes To spell it out, I think it is all excessive.
    - tristan957 1y ago
      I don't think you know enough about GTK if you think having a CSS parser is bloat in a UI toolkit versus a whole theming engine.
      - nothankyou777 1y ago
        Their CSS implementation is broader than what most actual browsers had 10 years ago. I would not have commented if I weren't already painfully familiar. https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/css-overview.html https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/css-overview.html It even has a DOM inspector window: https://askubuntu.com/questions/597259/how-do-i-open-gtk-inspector https://askubuntu.com/questions/597259/how-do-i-open-gtk-ins...
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TUSF 1y ago

The negative aspects of Electron have little to nothing to do with CSS, and you're only invoking it here to poison the well by association.

nothankyou777 1y ago
You are projecting. Personally speaking, I would choose Electron waaaay before I'd choose GTK. That probably wasn't an option for his optimized terminal, but would be Good Enough™ for just about anything else.