nanogui: GTK+ port to nano-X
Subject:
Re: GTK+ port to nano-X
From:
Julian Smart ####@####.####
Date:
11 May 2001 09:09:03 -0000
Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20010511100041.056a4f00@pop>
At 01:23 PM 5/10/01 -0600, Jeff Wood wrote:
>Hi,
> I ran across an archived e-mail concerning a possible port
>of GTK/GDk to nano-X. Some of the follow-up e-mail suggested a
>"glue" layer be built between GTK and TinyWidgets (presumably
>already ported?).
> We are dedicated to running wxGTK (somehow) over nano-X.
Cool :-) (The author for wxGTK, aka wxWindows for GTK+, is a colleague of
mine on the wxWindows project, http://www.wxwindows.org.)
>To the best of my knowledge, it seems like we could take one of
>three approaches:
>
> 1) wait for wxGTK to port to its own widget set (apparently
> in the works).
Yes, that would be wxUniv or 'wxUniversal' (in that the widgets are all
generic, non-native implementations and so easily ported to framebuffers
etc.), sponsored by SciTech Software. Sounds like progress is good but
there's a couple of months work or so before code is made available, and
the code needs to be merged with current wxWin CVS which will be a challenge.
> 2) use the GDK port available (at least partially)
> in rel 1.3.1.
> 3) provide/obtain a "glue" layer between GTK and TinyWidgets.
>
> I would be interested in any comments/opinions people might
>have ("you'll all die", "what a stupid idea", etc).
In cases (2) and (3) you'd be relying on at least 2 layers -- wxWindows +
another -- whereas (1) has the advantage of being more direct and 'only'
relying on a wxWindows implementation, which might simplify matters.
However in all scenarios there is a fair bit of work to be done...
Anyway if progress is demonstrated of wxWindows running on Nano-X, I'm sure
guys here at Red Hat will be interested, since we are already using
wxWindows on the host side of eCos, and there will no doubt be client &
internal interest in writing C++ GUI applications for eCos/Nano-X.
Regards,
Julian
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