[Scilab-users] Tcl vs. Java: I want to understand

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Le 14/05/2013 11:46, Stefan Du Rietz a écrit :
> On 2013-05-14 10:22, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> --------------------
>> Le 14/05/2013 10:14, Piotr Zaprawa a écrit :
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I want to understand why Tcl in Scilab has been replaced
>>> by Java. I spend many hours reading many different papers
>>> on the Internet and I find only this:
>>>
>>> <Francois Vogel>: ...The Scilab 4.x graphics have been
>>> *replaced* by the java graphics, for better or for worse...
>>>
>>> and nothing else (I was reading about some problems
>>> with Tcl on MAC ver. 5.2, but I'm not sure if this is real
>>> reason or replacement result only).
>>>
>>> Do you know any facts about replacement reasons?
>>>
>> Tcl was not use for the GUI or the graphics. Tcl was used for the text
>> editor (scipad) and is still used
>> for the graphic editor (ged).
>>
>> In the 4.X family, the Scilab GUI was written with Xlibs under GNU/Linux
>> and Win32 under Microsoft Windows.
>> As you can imagine, it was hard to maintain two base code and Xlibs
>> programming is not the most intuitive.
>> Under Mac OS X, it also required a X server to run Scilab.
>>
>> Java code has the advantage to be portable and multiplateform and now
>> provides a nice look and feel.
>>
>> Sylvestre
>>
> But why is the GUI so *extremely slow* in Ubuntu Linux?
Well, we do not experience such problems under this system (many Scilab
developers run Ubuntu)
You should report a bug with detailed information on your issue.

Sylvestre