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Re: Llama/GTK updates

• Posted by jbrown105 at speedymail.org Apr 04, 2002
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Its a widget set designed to be similar (and originally to replace)
Win32Lib. It uses GTK. (There is also a Llama/Win32 version, but I'm
not
sure why you would want to use it.) I chose to try to finish off where
David Cuny left off because I wanted Linux and Win32 Eu programmers to
be
able to be able write a GUI app which could contain the code for both
OSes in one program (although you would have to change one include
file,
and you would need seperate code for the system-dependant stuff (GUI
and
low-level). Also, if Llama becomes up to par with Win32Lib, then
newbies to Euphoria will be able to write simple GUI apps which
will run under either platform.

Should have mentioned this earlier in the above paragraph: David
wanted Llama to a a cross-platform object-oriented version of
Win32Lib. (BTW, originally there was also a Dos32Lib, and there is
also a Gtklib.)

BTW, David, thanks for all the good words and for wishing me luck.
And, of course, giving me a place to start. I doubt I could have
written
Llama/GTK from scratch if I had had to.

jbrown

On  0, rforno at tutopia.com wrote:
> 
> I am quite ignorant about this project. What is Llama good for?
> TIA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Cuny" <dcuny at LANSET.COM>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Llama/GTK updates
> 
> 
> jbrown wrote:
> 
> > I have updated Llama/GTK again, this time I will try to keep it
> > on my web site permanently.
> 
> I'm glad to see that someone's playing with it. I don't consider it one of
> my
> great successes, but there are quite a number of interesting ideas involved,
> and it uses OOP and inheritance on a grand scale.
> 
> Despite all it's flaws, "Llama" remains one of the best named projects I've
> written. 
> 
> > (... All the silly little bugs I've had to fix, no wonder David Cuny
> > gave up on Llama ...)
> 
> Who do you think put all the silly little bugs there in the first place? 
> 
> > David, I plan on turning Llama/GTK into a functional library
> > with MINIMAL compatibility with Win32Lib. It would be quite
> > difficult to create a fully functional clone of Win32Lib with all
> > of its Win32 API functions on Linux ...
> 
> It's impossible to be 100% anyway. Just maintaining a similar API is enough.
> The cool bit is being able to take the same code and run it under multiple
> platforms.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -- David Cuny
>