Re: Graphics in ada

[bishopm@source.asset.com (Michael M. Bishop)]

In article <37of70$rdf@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au>,
Dr Snow <s9312644@arcadia.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> wrote:
>
>hi,
>	I was wondering how well ada could handel displaying graphics..
>
>eg..
>	small logo,
>	large text
>	small text
>	boxes filled and empty.
>	and different colours..
>	in different windows or pages
>
>	and which version of ada is best for writing this sorta stuff in ?
>


I assume that when you talk about graphics programming in Ada you mean
that you're going to either use X Windows or a vendor (machine)-specific
graphics package. In either case, you need a binding to that package. If
it's a vendor-specific graphics package you're dealing with, you need to
talk to the vendor. In the case of X Windows, there are several X
Windows bindings packages. I believe that there is at least one
available through ASSET. Also, the Software Engineering Research
Corporation (I think that's what SERC stands for) has an Ada/Motif
bindings package. I use it and I think it's pretty good.

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