Working more closely with GNOME

[Hendrik Boom]

> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Terry <tboldt@attglobal.net> writes:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > 
> > > As a biased observer and gnucash user, I would agree that this is probably good
> > > with some reservations from a user standpoint. Right now gnucash works with
> > > both gnome and KDE. If gnucash developers become committed to gnome, does that
> > > preclude running gnucash under KDE in the future? or would gnucash become a
> > > gnome only app. Or are the KDE and gnome APIs becoming closer and better
> > > coordinated so as to preclude gnome/KDE only apps. I may switch from KDE to
> > > Gnome in the future or I may use both at different times, but as a user I
> > > definitely do not want apps that work only on one or the other Right now I
> > > think having both Gnome and KDE is a big win/win/win situation for Linux,
> > > Gnome, KDE and all the users. This is especially so if Gnome and KDE APIs
> > > continue being coordinated so that everybody can use one or the other or both.
> > 
> > Well, there are two levels on which I could answer your
> > question. First, using the GNOME APIs does not preclude an application
> > from running under a KDE desktop enviornment. Second, a project does
> > not need to commit to being "GNOME only" to be involved in the GNOME
> > Foundation. For example, Sawmill and Gtk+ both consider themselves to
> > have broader reach than just GNOME.
> > 
> >  - Maciej

I've certainly had no trouble running pre 1.4 versions of gnucash under KDE,
though I started it from a shell instead of from an icon.

-- hendrik