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From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language)
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Oops! achrist@easystreet.com was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> See the article on slashdot today pointing to:
>
> http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html
>
> Which mentions Mozilla as a cross-platform GUI tool that is controlled
> by something called XUL.  Maybe an Ada-to-XUL API is what we need.

Alternatively, <http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/> is a link to:
_GtkAda: a complete Ada95 graphical toolkit_

UIs are constructed using Glade, which stores UIs in XML form.  They
may be compiled into Ada code using the toolset; there is also support
for loading Glade XML files at runtime.

It is probably a simpler solution to look at something that Already
Exists And Works than to look at something involving pretty gratuitous
amounts of complexity that doesn't work with your favorite tools
yet...
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