From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ffe4fb1477fe67e6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wns13feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s21.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Jeffrey R. Carter" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Newbie Needs Ada Advice References: <1178212418.538270.283700@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1178212418.538270.283700@c35g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.201.97.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mchsi.com X-Trace: attbi_s21 1178253766 12.201.97.213 (Fri, 04 May 2007 04:42:46 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 04:42:46 GMT Organization: AT&T ASP.att.net Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 04:42:46 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:15493 Date: 2007-05-04T04:42:46+00:00 List-Id: ezkcdude wrote: > I'm interested in using Ada, so I installed the GNAT compiler on > Windows (tried on Mac, but I had problems with X11). Anyway, I want to > dive in head-first, and my main question is how do you guys write > programs with GUIs? Do you use the gdk toolkit primarily? Also, the > application I eventually have in mind is for automated control of a > microscope, so I need to be able to interface with drivers/serial > ports/firewire/etc. Do you have any advice for me to help me along? > Thanks! Looks like a nice newsgroup to visit. If you're a beginner, and using Windows, you might like to look at JEWL for a GUI, at least at 1st. It's not full featured, but it is easy to use. (The event-queue interface might spoil you when you want to switch to a more complete library with callbacks.) GtkAda is a pretty good, fairly portable library; CLAW is very good if you're willing to stick with Windows. -- Jeff Carter "Mr. President, we must not allow a mine-shaft gap!" Dr. Strangelove 33