digitalmars.D.announce - Re: The Cross Plattform DWT
- bobef <bobef abv-nospam.bg> Jan 21 2008
- John Reimer <terminal.node gmail.com> Jan 21 2008
John Reimer Wrote:bobef wrote:Manual port?! You guys must be really determined :) Maybe you can make the GTK port available to Windows too? It won't be that native but I think it is not a big deal, plus it supports theming which could be useful.
I thought about this possibility. It could work with some effort, I suppose...but it would take reprogramming certain sections that depend on non-windows features (X11, XRender, etc) and also working without direct COM which the win32 SWT uses. It also would add dependencies like the gtk+ toolkit dll's and gthreads (and all the dll's they depend on), which would meen added bloat. The linux version of dwt also uses many gtk/gdk functions that are linux/X11 specific also (I think). In short, the win32 SWT seems quite closely connected to win32 (which is good for optimal performance and interface consistancy). So, I think it wouldn't be that easy. But, by all means, please prove me wrong if you like. :) Can't hurt having a third port, although I'd be honored to have you lend your skills to the win32 port first. If I remember correctly, your skills are quite extroadinary in that area. In summary, T\the advantage of doing a direct win port is probably less bloat, more consistancy with platform, and being able to reference the original 3.03 version of DWT as a guideline. I also think you will find fewer people interested in a win32 gtk+ based version. For others, it's no big deal. -JJR
Sorry I can't help, but am not into the DWT business anymore :) I find HTMLayout much better now and I am using it instead of DWT for my work... Native looking apps are like (slowly) going out of the game... Take a loop at which direction Windows is going, MS Office, etc... And this is natural, because it looks much better and slower :D Fortunately HTMLayot is fast. Anyway, you did good work. Wish you luck.
Jan 21 2008
bobef wrote:Sorry I can't help, but am not into the DWT business anymore :) I find HTMLayout much better now and I am using it instead of DWT for my work... Native looking apps are like (slowly) going out of the game... Take a loop at which direction Windows is going, MS Office, etc... And this is natural, because it looks much better and slower :D Fortunately HTMLayot is fast. Anyway, you did good work. Wish you luck.
Okay, no problem. :) HTMLayout is a great tool; I'm sure you'll get something out of that. You may be right about native tools... but I think we have a pretty big population that thinks native widgets are here to stay too. ;) -JJR
Jan 21 2008