From: "Stanley R. Allen" <s_allen@hso.link.com>
Subject: Re: portable GUI , Ada backend, best design?
Date: 1998/02/05
Date: 1998-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34D9FF88.41C6@hso.link.com> (raw)
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Mike Bartman wrote:
>
> nma123@super.zippo.com wrote:
>
> > I looking at using Ada (GNAT) for the analysis and computational part
> > of the system, using Ada insures portability for the backend side.
> >
> > The problem is what to use for the GUI part. the GUI part is for entering
> > user input, the parameters for the analysis part, so it is not very advanced
> > GUI, but it had to be portable.
>
> Why not use X-windows as the GUI?
>
> [slice] -- good arguments for X as a GUI for PCs
>
Another alternative: use Tcl/Tk and its associated Ada binding
(TASH) for the portable GUI. This is a seriously underappreciated
technology. A Tcl/Tk interpreter can be "embedded" into your C
or Ada application. Tcl/Tk has been ported to multiple platforms.
--
Stanley Allen
mailto:s_allen@hso.link.com
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-01-17 0:00 portable GUI , Ada backend, best design? nma123
1998-01-18 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
1998-01-19 0:00 ` Jean-Claude MAHIEUX
1998-02-04 0:00 ` Mike Bartman
1998-02-05 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen [this message]
1998-01-19 0:00 ` Thomas G. McWilliams
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1998-01-23 0:00 ` Dr. Michael Paus
1998-01-23 0:00 ` Doug Smith
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Frank Petranka
1998-01-28 0:00 ` Dr. Michael Paus
1998-01-20 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
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