OpenEuphoria

Re: A different proposal

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Jun 03, 1998
• 755 views

Cameron Kaiser wrote:

>This is exactly what I would want: some sort of function that, given a =
general
>set of templates, could construct windows for you. Like X-Windows =
packers,
>for example. Just say
>
>        msg =3D BuildBox("Prompt",
>                "Please enter your name and address.",
>                ... etc ...
>        response =3D showbox(msg)
>
>etc.

That was one of the features that makes Tcl/Tk look attractive.

I intend to add packers to WinMan, mainly because it makes the code much =
more portable. In theory, you could add packers to Win32Lib, but WinMan =
is intended to be cross-platform, while Win32Lib is obviously not. I'm =
not sure how well the programs will port to a palmtop environment, =
though.

Coming from the PC world, I get a little nervous about widgets =
re-arranging themselves when the window is resized. Oh, well - I can =
always lock the size of the window frame to prevent resizing.

-- David Cuny