Re: Need help wrapping a structure
Greg Haberek wrote:
>
> > One thing you need to be aware of: there's a reason for libraries like
> > wxWindows, Motif, GTK. xlib doesn't know anything about buttons, menus,
> > scrollbars,
> > etc. You have to create those yourself. I quote:
>
> Yes I am aware of this. Oddly enough, I like that. I am aware that
> this is not a simple 'wrap' and go. I want something that is as easy
> to use as Win32Lib, and I want it done right. I don't like all the
> other windowing libraries out there. GTK, Motif, etc. They're just not
> what I want to use. So I'm writing my own. In Euphoria.
>
> Step 1: Create full libX11 wrapper. (50% complete)
> Step 2: Test wrapper by translating various C libX11 demo programs to
> Euphoria.
> Step 3: Using C demos as a guide, create a high-level interface
> similar to Win32Lib.
> Step 4: Re-create C demos using new interface.
> Step 5: Release to public.
>
> ~Greg
>
>
Greg, this sounds like just what i need to get FluidAE working on Linux. It
worked ok on windows, using win32lib, but i got sick of windows and switched to
linux thinking I would be able to port FluidAE. But, here I am a year later, and
still no new release of FluidAE. 
WxWidgets is too complex for me. I just need a simple library for:
1) creating windows and pixmaps
2) getting events from windows
3) drawing to windows and pixmaps
I like the idea of using the lowest layer possible (xlib), it's just more
efficient. We have win32api wrappers for euphoria, so why not xlib, right?
I don't know if you've looked at FluidAE, but the GUI's widget system is written
in 100% euphoria. I'm designing it to be very easy to use. About a year ago when
i was running it on Windows, it looked like this:
http://www.fluidae.com/images/ss_18-jul-05.jpg.
As you can see, it's pretty much complete enough to make basic applications, but
I need good graphics libraries to run on any platform.
I would be very interesting in testing your library as soon as it's ready. 
~Ryan W. Johnson
Fluid Application Environment
http://www.fluidae.com/
[cool quote here, if i ever think of one...]
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