Mastodawn

Tired: Forking #GIMP because the name is bad.
Wired: Forking GIMP to keep it GTK2, or somehow (lol) switch it over to a sane UI toolkit, like Qt... or WxWindows... or Tk... or XForms... or QuickBasic... or a flipping Abacus.

Any takers? 🤣

Addendum:
Inspired: Saying 'Eff this' and just using KolourPaint... or a pen and a napkin 😂

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Guy who's trying his best :(4d ago

@rl_dane I have genuinely been tempted to write a full software suite in TCL-TK, including media players, converters, and editors

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Moses Izumi 4d ago

@OpenComputeDesign @rl_dane
isn't there already a desktop environment where all the accessory applications are written in interpreted languages?
Only one I know of is Sugar, the OLPC thing.

speaking of interpreted languages, I have a burning question about them:
https://fe.disroot.org/notice/B51XicnDWO8ERigguu

(basically want to develop videogames in a way that allows me to adjust movement speed and damage output in the middle of a playtest)

Moses Izumi (@[email protected])

#askfedi What are the best programming languages to learn if I wish to modify an application while it's running? Would be incredibly useful in game development (i.e fine-tuning the speed/size/mass...

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R.L. Dane

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@moses_izumi @OpenComputeDesign

#uxn would be a trip ;)

But yeah, the recommendation of Lua with something like Löve2D would probably be a great starting place.