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Re: Does anyone use insight on cygwin?


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Brian Dessent wrote:
| Do you think git users are going to be thrilled about having to now
| install and run the whole X11 server enchalada just to run gitk on
| Windows?  The current GDI tcl/tk is a double-edged sword: ancient, yes,
| but also quite convenient.

Not always so convenient, actually.  For one, some packages assume that
tk is X11 based:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2008-08/msg00018.html

Secondly, GDI and Cygwin don't always make a good mix, e.g.:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-07/msg00457.html

Just to name a few recent incidents.

As for the installation requirements, remember that the new X11 will be
modular, and since tk only requires libX11, the install will be much
lighter than in the past.


Yaakov


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