OpenEuphoria

Re: wxwin32lib (was Re: ESL project)

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Jan 21, 2006
• 459 views

don cole wrote:
> 
> ags wrote:
> > 
> > Matt Lewis wrote:
> > > 
> > > Jeremy Peterson wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I've posted the esl modules to the archive, and they can be retrieved
> > > > from
> there</font></i>
> > > > if D. wants to use them for the project.  I guess now I'll need
> > > > something else
> > > > to do, any suggestions?  
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Port Edita to wxEuphoria.
> > > 
> > > Matt Lewis
> > 
> > Would it be possible to port win32lib to wxEuphoria?
> > 
> > ie have a kind of 'compatibility' include file like wxwin32lib.ew that had
> > an
> > identical API to win32lib but using wxEuphoria calls to do everything?
> > 
> > Before anyone asks, I'm sure the merit in this would be great.  For existing
> > win32lib projects, just replace 'include win32lib.ew' with 'include
> > wxwin32lib.ew'
> > and viola, almost instantaneous porting to Linux...
> > 
> > Of course there might be issues with paths and other non ported win32
> > specific
> > includes but it might make the porting process a heck of a lot easier.
> > 
> > How much work would that be?
> > 
> > Would it actually be a Good Thing?
> > 
> > Gary
> 
> I inquired about this before and got no response.
> I guess the first problem would be to convert the control Window 
>   from 
>  Window1 =  createEx( Window, "Find", 0, Default, Default, 587, 394, 0, 0 )
>   (all those numbers) to the wx frame stuff.
> I'm don't know if that can bee done.
> I'm going to fool with it.
> 
> 
> Don Cole

It might be possible, but it would be a lot of work. Probably worthwhile,
though.

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