[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Slow performance on Linux GTK 2.1 M5

[Werner Punz <werpu@xxxxxx>]

Luis Neves wrote:

> 
>> For a snappy version either use the motif version or port SWT to Qt
>> and/or the fox toolkit :-) (which is by far the fastest toolkit under
>> Unix I've seen so far)
> 
> Yep ...a SWT port to QT/KDE would rock.
> I seem to remember that a effort to port SWT to QT was underway, do you
> know where can I check for progress?
> 
Actually I recently followed a thread. Accordingly the Qt port already was
working, but they (IBM) can't release it due to licensing issues. A russian
guy was thinking about porting it to fox toolkit (another excellent
blazingly fast toolkit) but I don't know how far he is already and if he
already has started.