Re: FLTK and Ada?

[Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>]

Freejack wrote:
> I've been looking around for a nifty little GUI toolkit for use in my
> little project here.
> 
> I've looked at GTKAda and QT, TASH, yadda yadda yadda.

And why don't you want to use GtkAda?

> I've since come across FLTK(Fast Light Toolkit). It's quite stable, makes
> really tiny executables, and actually looks halfway decent.

I think it looks rather ugly.

> Has anyone here played with FLTK? 

No and I never will.

> Any opinions on it? 

There are a ton of different GUI toolsets out there. The problem is that
most are half hearted attempts and some die out as they do not get used.
It is also better to use one of the more established GUIs as they are
better tested and have more backing for further development.

> It is designed to be statically linked. Yet the resulting binaries(the
> ones that I've seen) rarely exceed 300-400kb. I've seen nice GUIs in FLTK
> come in under 20kb.

So what?

> Any suggestions?

Use GtkAda.

> Perhaps a binding would be in order?

Sure if you have the time to make and maintain it. Why not?

Preben
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