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Re: Let's tell we are using GTK+
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
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Re: Let's tell we are using GTK+ |
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Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:42:08 +0900 |
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>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Jarc <address@hidden> writes:
Paul> It would be nice if the same name were used everywhere. So
Paul> in the absence of any concrete problem, I'd prefer "gtk+",
Paul> since that's the name given to that package by its
Paul> maintainers. What makes + any more superfluous or annoying
Paul> than g, t, or k?
Nothing. But common practice seems to be to drop the "+". For
example, Debian shows 251 packages containing the string "gtk", of
which only 2 contain "gtk+". None of the library names contain the
"+". Fink (Mac OS X) names the GTK+ library and doc packages
themselves as "gtk+", but all the packages that call GTK+ use the
shorter "gtk" (or even shorter leading "g").
So if Debian and Fink are at all representative, having the same name
everywhere favors "gtk" over "gtk+".
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