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 X-Google-Thread: 103376,3cd3b8571c28b75f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-25 01:52:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in-sterling.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: A Customer's Request For Open Source Software Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3F44BC65.4020203@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1061801530 3948 129.241.83.78 (25 Aug 2003 08:52:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:52:10 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41839 Date: 2003-08-25T08:52:10+00:00 List-Id: Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > I would have to agree. It would seem that there is plenty of interest > in making server and kernel enhancements, but much less support in > getting actual applications done. Oh yes. There are currently 362 different window manager projects listed at freshmeat. I would say we could do with 10 max. > I am very interested in doing applications myself. The problem is that > I want to do them strictly in Ada95, for all the reasons we know and > love. So right now, my time is spent building up a series of important > language bindings, one of which is APQ. Same here. Well at the moment I have had to halt any software development as I'm very busy. But I'm also doing this. What I'm currently designing and making is a library to contain useful Gtkada composites, like Dialogs: About, Exceptions, Warning, Info, etc..., new widgets and a simple Help system that can be integrated in the applications for simple on the spot help and information. And I'm also making a Program Template for GtkAda. The purpose of the latter is to be able to make new GtkAda programs faster as you do not need to do all the common functions/callbacks etc only that which is specific to your program. Combined with the other library I described a lot of the work done to make a nice GUI should be reduced and one would be able to reuse the code. At least this is my hope :-) -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)