OpenEuphoria

Re: wxwin32lib (was Re: ESL project)

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gmail.com> Jan 21, 2006
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ags wrote:
> 
> 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?

For certain things, it would be fairly easy.  Most create statements can be
easily translated.  However, other things might not be so easy, as they 
sometimes require extra information (setting certain event handlers).

> 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?

A fair amount, I expect.  Why don't you get back to us on that? 

> Would it actually be a Good Thing?

If it worked, it would be a Good Thing.  Perhaps a translator would be more
useful, since it's unlikely that any non-trivial program will run correctly
(especially cross platform) right out of the gate.

Matt Lewis