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,db8d6ab83ae5880b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-11 17:13:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-05!sn-xit-01!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada GUI for Windows and Linux Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:07:17 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500 X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28840 Date: 2002-09-11T19:07:17-05:00 List-Id: Frank J. Lhota wrote in message ... >... >The Claw library provides a clean interface to the windows GUI facilities, >and is available for all the NT-based compilers, including ObjectAda. To my >knowledge, however, there is no Linux port of Claw, and without such a port, >this will not help us make the transition to Linux. >... >How would you recommend we approach this? Is there a Linux port of Claw? Not currently. We've thought about this some, but it isn't clear what GUI toolkit to target, and it isn't clear whether the Windows-centric interface of Claw can be reproduced on Linux. One solution that would work is to run the application under a Windows emulator on Linux, such as Wine. I believe that Tom Moran tested several Claw applications on Wine on his Linux box, and they all worked appropriately. Then you could use the standard Claw on Linux. Of course, that doesn't work if you need access to native Linux functions not supported in Win32. Randy Brukardt R.R. Software, Inc.