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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0a15c81dbb968cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-17 03:16:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed-west.nntpserver.com!hub1.meganetnews.com!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!news.sprintnetops.net!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Best option for portable GUI? References: <5d6fdb61.0301170303.625bc6c9@posting.google.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.3b1 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 11:15:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.47.50 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1042802159 144.132.47.50 (Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:15:59 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:15:59 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33122 Date: 2003-01-17T11:15:59+00:00 List-Id: Jano wrote: > Hello everybody. > > I'm near to start a project of some size using Ada. I intend to make > it portable, at least between Windows and Linux. > > Part of this project is a GUI. I have no previous experience out of > the Win32 API, but I guess there are some libraries for GUIs in Ada > that would help me in my objective of portability. I seek advice on > what one to choose, because I'll need to learn it in detail. > > I've heard of some options: > > GtkAda: Seems a good option but with steep learning curve? > > GWindows: it's portable? > > Claw: isn't free... > another is Qt... Dale