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Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:04:34 +0100
From: Gautier <gautier@fakeaddress.nil>
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Your intentions are good, but (I hope I'm wrong) there is a huge lack of 
resources there to reach your goal. And we can continue bla-bla-ting for more 
years on c.l.a., it won't change anything.

I suggest something more pragmatic and feasible: develop further an existing 
library that works fine on Windows (the lion's share in the market), but is kind 
of frozen: GWindows ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnavi ).

The goals would be a series of specific improvements like:
- refresh the installer such that it works for GNAT file-based project system
- integrate the nice extensions in GWindows.Extended
- add support case-by-case, e.g., for the clipboard
- revive the GUI builder, GNAVI
When that works, you will maybe, after some time, have attracted so many 
programmers that *then* you can even consider beginning the huge task of a 
portable GUI system.
NB: if you are allergic to Microsoft (could happen), you still have an 
open-source system compatible with Windows: http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html :-)

Tomek Walkuski:

> Hi,
> 
> someone wrote about need such kind of simple, non-GPL in "The future
> of Ada is at risk" thread.
> 
> In which direction should it go? Portable means: native widgets on all
> platform (wxWidgets approach) or imitation of these (Swing approach)?
> Do you have any other ideas? Some design suggestions?
> 
> I'm asking because I'm interested in this matter, maybe I will find
> time to start hacking this :)
> 
> I'm trying to put first brick, start the discussion, maybe something
> good for the community will emerge?

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