Post by @zzt@mas.to

@mxchara every time my eyes focus on how horrible wayland is, a bunch of wayland people fill my replies with how my eyes are lying and all of this is normal

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David Gerard

@davidgerard@circumstances.run 2 hr. ago

@zzt @mxchara technically it's a protoc -- (GIANT METEOR OBLITERATES GLASGOW)

Techokami

@techokami@woof.tech 2 days ago

@zzt @mxchara For the longest time I've been neutral/ambivalient about Wayland, but after seeing this I think using X11 is easier and cleaner

Joe Groff

@joe@f.duriansoftware.com 2 days ago

@techokami @zzt @mxchara idk tho, "three pages of code just to put up an empty window" sounds about like the raw Xlib experience i remember too

Techokami

@techokami@woof.tech 2 days ago

@joe @zzt @mxchara Yes but usually you'd be using something like Motif which is supposed to help minimize that

Techokami

@techokami@woof.tech 2 days ago

@joe @zzt @mxchara Case in point: to create a similar kind of demo application with Motif would be under 100 lines. The sample program on Motif Central is only 83 lines *and it has actual functionality!* https://motif-central.org/getting-started/

Your first Motif application · MotifCentral

Build a small C program, connect callbacks, and understand its widget tree.

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