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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Standard Library Interest?
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:28:41 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2003-10-06, (see below) <yaldnifb@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On 6/10/03 08:02, in article
> slrnbo24ra.34a.randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no,
> "Preben Randhol" <randhol+valid_for_reply_from_news@pvv.org> wrote:
>
>> What do you mean with desktop apps in a standard library? Anyway I'm
>> going to finish my work on a template for making GUIs (GtkAda) for
>> applications later this year.
>
> Preben, can you say a little more about this?
> It sounds very interesting.

In order to make a program with a GUI you have to do a lot of the same
exercise each time. I mean create the menus, statusbar, about dialog,
perhaps help dialog. You have to hook up the callbacks etc... The only
real difference is that you pack a box in the window which contains your
widgets.

So I'll make a template that one can start with in order to ease this
process. I'm making also making some of the commonly used dialogs so it
should be easy to use in the program. At the moment I don't have time,
but in a month I will start up working on this again.

The idea is that you will be able to get started faster on a project and
don't have to waste time on the same design each time.

Preben