nanogui: GUILib for C
Subject:
Re: GUILib for C
From:
Jordan Crouse ####@####.####
Date:
18 Dec 2000 17:04:44 -0000
Message-Id: <3A3E448F.3D6DEE62@censoft.com>
I know, I know, it goes against every Open Source inclination that I
have ever had too, but I mention this purely for the fact that Nano-X
has yet to have a toolkit that is designed specifically for it, and not
just something that we brought across from X. I mean, we might as well
have written FLNX from scratch for all the work we have put into it
trying to get it to work with Nano-X. It does take a ton of work to
design a decent toolkit, but will the ends justify the means? I would
see most of the work being put into the design stage. Once we are
beyond that, then we could add widgets in a modular fashion. For
example, given a very specific framework, I could add a button widget
that I need, and then later on, if you needed a password entry field for
your authentication, then you could add it at your leisure. The
important thing would be to design a very good framework that would make
this easy for all involved. Really, its not tough to draw a button --
the tough part is designing it so that it fits into a grander scheme.
I don't know the state of the nanowidgets kit, but I would ask - Why was
it dropped? Were they hard to use, or did nobody really care that much?
Unless you are working on new hardware or staring at the Nano-X engine 8
hours a day, it is hard to find your place as a contributor to this
project. I would think that a new widget set would give development
opportunities to a whole new core of programmers that are interested in
helping, but having trouble finding a niche. But then again, I have
been wrong many times in the past. What do others think of this?
Jordan
Alex Holden wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Jordan Crouse wrote:
> > Instead of hacking an existing toolkit, would it really be tough to
> > start from scratch and design a lightweight and quality toolkit
> > exclusively for Nano-X that can be dropped in and used with little pain
> > and/or suffering?
>
> Ok, the reason I've been hoping we could avoid this is that it takes a
> lot of work to write a decent toolkit. If we do decide to go down this
> route, the question is whether we should start from nanowidgets or abandon
> it and start again from scratch.
>
> --
> ------- Alex Holden -------
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