- Posted by jbrown105 at HotPOP.com
Jun 03, 2001
From: jbrown105 at hotpop.com
Subject: Re: Confidence
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 11:40:43AM -0700, David Cuny wrote:
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> jbrown wrote:
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> > and the GTK.E file is improperly wrapped,
> > I believe, and thus unuseable, except
> > for simple programs.
>
> It depends what you mean by 'improperly'. It worked for the version that it
> was created for, but since then, it appears that the library has changed.
>
That's possible.
> > P.P.S. 2 examples: llama/gtk's MLE's set
> > method fails, and it's menubar is at the
> > bottom, and not the top.
>
> Sounds like some constant values were added to an enum list - so much for
> being 'constant'. 
>
Any suggestions, then?
> > On this list, Irv once asked how David managed
> > to get GTK.E to work, I believe he opened a dll
> > that the gtk main so file was dependant on.
>
> Yes, it's dynamically linked. One of the problems with this is that if the
> library underneath changes (such as constants or structs), code breaks. but
> since we can't statically link the GTK library to Euphoria, it's the only
> way to do it.
>
> > Anyone have info on wrapping Xlib
>
> I've done a bit of it; you can find the start of an XLib wrapper at:
>
> http://www.lanset.com/dcuny/mwin.htm
>
>
> > or wrapping something like Qt for Eu?
>
> There is no pre-built wrapper for Qt available. You'll also have to create a
> DLL; Qt is builds static library *after* running through the MOC
> pre-processor. Keep in mind that Qt has some serious license restrictions
> attached to it.
>
> That said, there's a Qt wrapper for Perl that you might want to look at.
>
Where?
> -- David Cuny
>
TIA,
jbrown105
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