[H-CHAT] Re: [H-GEN] Kylix components

[David Duffy]

> David Duffy wrote:
>
>> Is anyone on this list using Kylix? (Delphi for Linux)
>
> Byron Ellacott wrote:
> Kylix is an example of how not to port your application to Linux.  It 
> ignores your window manager and installs its own settings for 
> focus-follows-mouse and raise-on-focus.


The guy who wants it already has a large Delphi multimedia applicaton and
wants to port it to Linux. It's the only interaction the user will have 
with the
computer. Building a new application from the ground up is not an option.

> So I've never used it, having never been able to get past hating it 
> for working against me rather than with me.


OK, so you've never used it, but you hate it? Hmmm. :-)
David...