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On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Britton Kerin
(britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 11:34 PM, Evan Foss <evanfoss AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Edward Hennessy
>> > (ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
>> > <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 6:23 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
>> >>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I won't fight anyone who writes GTK3 code. I am just saying there is
>> >>> some validity to waiting out the mess that is the current environment
>> >>> around GTK3. GTK4 will be a larger architectural change and I think it
>> >>> might be sooner rather than later.
>> >>
>> >> Also, if we can move to GTK+3.0.0, then we can add libgdl as a
>> >> dependency. This library provides docking functionality, such as found in
>> >> Inkscape.
>> >
>> > Sorry miss clicked there.
>> >
>> > What dependencies does libgdl add? I am having trouble finding it's
>> > official list.
>>
>> Apologies I found a list in the libgdl ebuild file. What is the appeal
>> of docking?
>
>
> You can do things like the message and DRC windows without being at the
> mercy of the window manager to have them behave sanely.  You can have them
> pop in and out of existance efficiently too.  That's somewhat harder (though
> not impossible) with gtk2.
>

Ok that makes sense.

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