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Re: {OT} Interesting view on Windows/Linux+Wine

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Mar 09, 2006
• 716 views

Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> > Bernie:
> >  From what you say Wine may be a pain but X-Windows sounds better.
> > You're making Lin sound very good!  I wonder however, do most
> > Lin owners also program in some capacity?
> > Im not sure what XMOTOR is for but it sounds interesting.
> > Perhaps you can elab. a bit?
> 
> 
> Al:
> 
>     Most GUIs on Linux are built on top of the X-Windows graphics
>     at the lowest level.
>     
>     At the next level to make of X-Windows programming a little
>     easier is the X Intrinsic toolkit caled Xt.
> 
>     Built on top of the above comes Athena Widgets called
>     Xaw and Xaw3d. 
> 
>     Also Built on top of the above comes Motif Widgets called
>     Xm.
> 
>     My XMOTOR library allows a Euphoria programmer to:
>     
>    1. Program using X-Window only.
> 
>    2. Program using Xt.
> 
>    3. Program using Athena Widgets.
> 
>    4. Program using Motif Widgets.   
> 
>    5. Program using all of the above with a single library
>       which contains "C" string and structure handling.
>    
>    6. The motor.eu library is also the same library that
>       does windows programming in XMOTOR. I think if anyone
>       is ambious enough they should be able to write something
>       like the win32lib or WndClass that is cross-platform. 
> 
>    Another advantage of MOTOR is that is much easier to wrap
>    a DLL or SO.
>    
>    All you have to do to wrap a DLL. 
>    1: Declare a library.
>    library("somename.dll")
>    2: Follow that with the list function declarations. 
>    -- declare somefunction that has 5 parameters
>    --          that returns a signed type.       
>    declare("somefunction",5,s) 
>    -- a procedure that has no parameters
>    declare("someprocedure",0,n)
>    ETC...
>   
>    Then your ready to use the DLL or SO.
>    You can setup the constants and structures
>    with motor as you need them.  
>    
>    Download windows version WMOTOR and you will see what I mean.
>    In WndClass the declares could be seperate in
>    each of your include modules.
>    
>       
> Bernie
> 
> My files in archive:
> WMOTOR, XMOTOR, W32ENGIN, MIXEDLIB, EU_ENGIN, WIN32ERU, WIN32API 
> 
> Can be downloaded here:
> <a
> href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan</a>

Hi Bernie,


That sounds pretty interesting.  I'll see if i can get to look at
WMotor soon.  That runs on Windows right?


Take care,
Al

And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!

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