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In a thread in the Off Topic section, iphitus speaks in favor of mixing GTK and QT apps.
I'm curious about this. Are there no downsides to mixing QT-based and GTK-based apps in a single installation? If I start a Gnome app in an otherwise KDE environment, is additional launch time the only downside other than the space taken on my hard disk by having two sets of supporting libraries? Are there other performance issues? How about conflicts due to toolkit differences (I'm beyond my limited expertise in posing the question, so somebody enlighten me, please)?
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gtk-qt-engine is slow... That's about the only downside I can really think of.
(QT4 itself also happens to be ass slow for me, but nobody else seems to be complaining about that, so I assume it's an issue with my hardware.)
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I find mixing pure GTK or QT apps no problem, other than having both libraries on your hard disk.
Mixing full blown KDE or gnome apps is different, because if starting a gnome app for example it usually starts up another bunch of supporting processes and libraries that don't necessarily die when you close that app.
I don't use KDE or gnome enviroments (openbox ftw), and only use pure gtk and qt apps. I just don't install any program that requires the full gnomelibs or kdelibs.
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I don't like mixing them. Pure Qt into my GTK is somewhat acceptable but a KDE ap with is libraries...
I don't like it. It does not slow my system or anything, I just don't like it
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Next major version of Qt will have qgtkstyle or whatever it is so it uses gtk to draw the widgets for qt apps in the gtk style. Even better than Klearlooks/Clearlooks
Edit: The key point being that it will be built in, not an extra
Last edited by alex_anthony (2008-11-08 17:33:23)
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Next major version of Qt will have qgtkstyle or whatever it is so it uses gtk to draw the widgets for qt apps in the gtk style. Even better than Klearlooks/Clearlooks
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Are there no downsides to mixing QT-based and GTK-based apps in a single installation?
It's really a matter of personal preference - some like it and others don't.
I'm personally not a fan of mixing them due to some weird behavior that has always eventually managed to show itself after doing so. You should mix it up a bit and decide for yourself.
Best of luck either way!
oz
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It's not a matter of liking or not. Although I use gtk mostly, some QT/KDE apps *are* better or have no replacment. E.g. VirtualBox, k3b, digikam, filelight, etc. Porting all QT/KDE apps to GTK is plain silly and wast of developer's time. The same is true for the other way around.
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There are some KDE apps I can't get rid of, even though I use Openbox, e.g. digiKam, k3b, Krusader...
I use qgtkstyle, but unfortunately some apps (e.g. qtiplot) are broken when I use it with a dark theme (i.e. they have clashing black-on-black).
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Blah, I hate QT. Wish it would just disapear into the holy forgotten passage of /dev/null. Blargh.
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I use GNOME as my desktop, but like some Qt apps. QGIS and Scribus are good examples of pure Qt apps that don't pull in tons of KDE deps. My only limitation is that I won't use an app if it requires KDE deps.
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