Re: GWindows

["Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>]

Yves Bailly wrote:

> Michael Bode wrote:
>>> Which windowing API do you want on Gnu/Linux?
>> 
>> Probably GTK+, because that's what I know from GtkAda :-). More
>> important it is widely used and plain C, which may make it easier to
>> bind to than something written in C++. But if there is a better choice
>> I wouldn't object.
> 
> Maybe off-topic from the initial question, but just for your information,
> an effort is currently made to create a binding to Qt. Yes, it's C++,
> so it's much more difficult to achieve. No, it's not yet ready to be used,
> and as long as I'm the only developer it won't be finished any time soon.
> But I've already manage to re-create in pure Ada the 7 first tutorials,
> the 8th should be done, well, next week I hope.
> Side note, it compiles and runs on both Linux and Windows (using MinGW).
> Other platforms are yet to be tested though.
> If you're interested : http://qt4ada.sourceforge.net

Are you aware of this qtada binding:

http://freehost07.websamba.com/guibuilder/

I downloaded it but the zero docs prevented me of trying it. It is in my
todo list for spare time. I find GtkAda extremely unpleasant to work with,
and I remember from early times that Qt programming in c++ was very
straightforward. In any case I like much better the looks of Qt apps over
Gtk+ ones. Or at least kde over gnome ones (yikes... not trying to start a
fw here!).

In any case keep us informed of your progress.