integration. Ideally, we will have a GTK theme and a QT theme that just calls the respective toolkit's theming code, so a Wine app will look native both in GNOME and in KDE. I 100% agree that native integration is paramount, and this is why we will have it.
This sounds very good. Maybe someday.
Since you've mentioned the toolkits, a small comment on that. Of the two only QT is a serious option for cross-platform development. It's a good option, but it's not perfect because your application will not be native in GNOME,
Well not to start a KDE vs Gnome debate, but Gnome is way behind KDE development... it doesn't even support Superkaramba (last I checked). Gnome users typically do not prefer KDE or Qt, and part of that stems from that KDE was developed using Qt and it's integration is woven throughout.
you will not be using the native toolkits in Windows, you have to pay a lot of licensing fees, etc.
You only pay licensing if your Qt app is commercial. The free version is perfect for opensource (ie GPL software) hence why it's included in almost all linux distros and you can D/L the same version for winders.
Maybe
wxWindows is a better option...
It requires too many code changes (at least in Python) for easy cross-compiling. In Qt you simply generate a .pro file for the platform.
Shaun
-- Dimi.