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Re: David's wxWindows port

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Mar 16, 2002
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The subject line is misleading: I have *not* written a wxWIndows port.

Kat wrote:

> Just so i understand, this means we can have a win95 look 
> to a dos application, with the stability of dos, and not haveto 
> reboot every few weeks to get "resources" back?

Yes, assuming the underlying toolkits used to build the GUI (mainly MGL) are 
stable. The DOS port (technically, wxUniversal) is still in alpha/beta mode.

> What about a multitasking dos like DRdos, will wxwindows run 
> there, or will we be back to the same problems of win95?

It should run under DR DOS, Open DOS, and other DOSes.

> What about using win-stuff like existing internet apps in Eu, 
> like srcsckip.ew and win32lib with wxwindows on msdos?

wxWindows is a library for writing cross-platform applications. It provides 
more than most GUI toolkits do (for example, it supplies printing support), 
but isn't a Windows emulator. So it wouldn't mix with Win32Lib. See:

   http://www.wxwindows.org

> Tell me more how this will give us reliable long term program 
> running on wintel boxes?

Urm... Someone's been putting words in my mouth! 

-- David Cuny