Future of Win32Lib (again)
[Here's a re-posting of my earlier e-mail. Hopefully, it will come out
correctly this time.]
A couple of people have wondered what the future holds for Win32Lib. I know
it's been a number of months since I've sent in an update to Win32Lib.
I've had a tough time finding time to code over the last couple months - and
there are many contributing factors that add up to Complete Exhaustion. Not
suprisingly, my output has been accordingly sparse. I'm hoping that by
September things will have gotten better.
In the mean time, what little spare time I've got is now devoted to
Gnuphoria. As a result, Win32Lib has languished. But I think that Gnuphoria
is the more important of the two efforts.
Regarding WinMan, I've been reconsidering whether I really want to support a
multi-platform API. The truth is, once Gnuphoria (or Pete's Petephoria)
comes out, it would make a lot more sense to link it to an existing
cross-platform library, or Tcl/Tk, than to write one in Euphoria. So it
doesn't make a whole lot of sense to continue with WinMan. It's been a fun
project, but I really can't think of a reason to continue with it.
However, I *do* plan on continuing Win32Lib, especially once Gnuphoria has
been released. A DOS version (Dos32Lib) is also likely. Expect a return to
the monochrome Mac interface, with a lot of parts cannibalized from WinMan.
In the meantime, please remember that I'm no Win32 guru - I have to RTFM
just like the rest of you. I *don't* know how to fix the fonts, or set the
background colors for the titles. I've tried a number of times, and failed.
If anyone *does* know how to do this (and other cool features), *please* let
me know how, and I will try to add it in. Or even better, write a patch and
send it to me! I'll (probably) be glad to add it in - when I get a spare
waking moment!
If you write a patch, I'd prefer getting a seperate file of routines instead
of the patched version of WIN32LIB.EW - it makes it lot easier to see what's
changed, and makes it easier to add to the documentation.
Did that answer most of the questions?
Thanks for understanding!
-- David [Mr.Mime] Cuny
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