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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)
In-Reply-To: E7DC0274E3EF20D2.DC99C65B968389D3.ACBA7E6B35DD8B24@library-proxy.airnews.net


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




  reply	other threads:[~1998-02-05  0:00 UTC|newest]

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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