Re: Ideas for next Eu & Win32Ide
- Posted by nieuwen at XS4ALL.NL Nov 09, 1999
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> Somebody commented that the Linux beta ran under X Windows, but I am not > certain what they meant by that. I kind of doubt that there was any real linkage to the X Window API. David had has a few attempts as wrapping up the GTKLib (look for Liama at RDS' site) .. which runs under X-Windows ... and Irv has a full working wrapper of GrapApp, which is an easier-to-easy interface to X-Windows as well .... so no, no real linkage, but yes, indirect linkage, controls, windows, etc. However, the chose to use a api in between, simply because we 1) don't need all the weird features X-Windows lets us do 2) its much more easy to program for, and takes less time and effort. [About the IDE] David, why not have the code generated by the IDE visible in the code-editor ? Say you have a *special* win32lib, that shows editable and clickable controls (the events go to the ide rather than to the program) ... however, do have the code 'interpreted ... some people wrote such a tool, with a few modifications it should be do-able. You stop interpreting a program after the 'run-code ()' or 'show-window' or whatever ..it is called, the basic event loop. This allows for people to learn Win32Lib much better, also, it will allow custom changes ... ie. doing things that Win32Lib currently hasn't any wrapped features for .. I mean, writing something like your IDE is still complex in the IDE itself, however then you (and we can have the best of both worlds .... Just a thought .. (its not original though, I can't remember where its from, I believe from some OS/2 IBM Ide tool, but what language ? hmm .. ) Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen [[ Email ]] nieuwen at xs4all.nl ralf_n at email.com [[ I-Seek-You ]] UIN: 9389920 [[ The Elevator ]] http://www.xs4all.nl/~nieuwen Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com