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digitalmars.D.learn - GUI library for DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091

reply Phrozen <nediko abv.bg> writes:
I'm too new to DLang and I have a lot to learn. Probably that's 
why I have a lot of difficulties. Has anyone tried using a GUI 
library to the latest DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091? I plan to use this 
language for a specific Thermal calculator application for 
Windows, but for two days I've been struggling with dub and 
elementary examples in GUI libraries. I need something simple - a 
modal window with 3 buttons and a two text boxes. So far I have 
tested DWT, TKD, DFL, dlangui without success.
Can anyone help me with advice or some more recent tutorial. 
Thank you!
Apr 24 2020
next sibling parent reply Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 I need something simple - a modal window with 3 buttons and a 
 two text boxes


This sounds easy with my minigui.d. My library doesn't have a lot 
of features, no fancy graphics, and layout can be a bit clunky... 
but check out this code:

Well first grab the library files from here:

https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd

The three files you'll need are minigui.d, simpledisplay.d, and 
color.d. Just download them to your directory and compile all 
together with your file:

dmd yourfile.d minigui.d simpledisplay.d color.d

and it will make yourfile.exe. To get rid of the console, add 
`-L/subsystem:windows` to that build command. If making a 64 bit 
exe, you will need -m64 and -L/entry:mainCRTStartup as well. So 
the total thing can be:

dmd yourfile.d minigui.d simpledisplay.d color.d 
-L/subsystem:windows -L/entry:mainCRTStartup -m64

And that will create your stand-alone Windows exe that does not 
have a console, just the gui window.

Here's a screenshot:

http://arsdnet.net/calc.png

The library also works on Linux but it is quirky there since it 
is 100% DIY. It has no Mac support at all right now. But if all 
you need is basic building blocks on Windows, it should be OK.

Anyway, the code, I hope is is kinda self-explanatory or at least 
you can try poking around and see changes yourself. If not let me 
know and I'll write more here.

---
import arsd.minigui;

class CustomSpacer : Widget {
         this(Widget parent) { super(parent); }

         override int paddingLeft() { return 32; }
         override int paddingRight() { return 32; }
         override int paddingTop() { return 32; }
         override int paddingBottom() { return 32; }
}

void main() {
         auto window = new Window(400, 180, "My Calculator");

         auto spacer = new CustomSpacer(window);

         auto box1 = new LabeledLineEdit("Fahrenheit: ", spacer);
         auto box2 = new LabeledLineEdit("Celsius: ", spacer);

         new VerticalSpacer(spacer);

         auto layout = new class HorizontalLayout {
                 this() { super(spacer); }
                 override int maxHeight() { return 40; }
         };

         auto button1 = new Button("F to C", layout);
         auto button2 = new Button("C to F", layout);
         auto button3 = new Button("Close", layout);

         button1.addEventListener(EventType.triggered, delegate () 
{
                 import std.conv;
                 import std.format;
                 try {
                         auto f = to!float(box1.content);
                         auto c = (f - 32) / 1.8;

                         box2.content = format("%0.2f", c);
                 } catch(Exception e) {
                         messageBox("Exception", e.msg);
                 }
         });

         button2.addEventListener(EventType.triggered, delegate () 
{
                 import std.conv;
                 import std.format;
                 try {
                         auto c = to!float(box2.content);
                         auto f = c * 1.8 + 32;

                         box1.content = format("%0.2f", f);
                 } catch(Exception e) {
                         messageBox("Exception", e.msg);
                 }
         });

         button3.addEventListener(EventType.triggered, delegate() {
                 window.close();
         });


         window.loop();
}
---

I wrote some docs for the lib here but it is incomplete. 
http://dpldocs.info/experimental-docs/arsd.minigui.html


It is also possible to use my library with dub

https://code.dlang.org/packages/arsd-official

It is the "arsd-official:minigui" subpackage there. But I think 
it is easier to just download the file yourself and build it 
since it doesn't have a fancy build system.
Apr 24 2020
parent reply Phrozen <nediko abv.bg> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 14:13:25 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

 On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 [...]


 This sounds easy with my minigui.d. My library doesn't have a 
 lot of features, no fancy graphics, and layout can be a bit 
 clunky... but check out this code:

 [...]


 Adam D. Ruppe, your idea is great, especially for small and 
unpretentious applications! Very good work, man!

 Basile B., thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this library too.

Thank you both, guys!
Be healthy!
Apr 24 2020
next sibling parent Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 15:50:15 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

  Adam D. Ruppe, your idea is great, especially for small and 
 unpretentious applications! Very good work, man!


if you do decide to use my thingy let me know how it goes for you.

I often don't recommend it in threads cuz it kinda sucks, but I 
just think your use case sounded like a good fit.
Apr 24 2020
prev sibling parent reply Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 15:50 +0000, Phrozen via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:

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  Basile B., thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this library too.
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Just a bit of confirmation: I am a fan of D and GtkD for desktop UI
work.=20

GTK+ is just a UI framework unlike Qt (which is UI and networking,
database, etc.) and is fairly straightforward to work with after the
initial learning hump =E2=80=93 which is the same between GTK+ and Qt. Qt i=
s
really C++ and Python only though many languages have bindings to QML.
GTK+ has many bindings, C++, Go, Rust, and D to name just the obvious
native code languages. C++ (gtkmm) and Go (gotk3) bindings are manuals
ones, Rust (gtk-rs) and D (GtkD) bindings are generated from the API
specification (GIR files). I believe this makes gtk-rs and GtkD far
superior to gtkmm and gotk3.

I have done a number of projects in Rust/gtk-rs and D/GtkD. Overall I
prefer the code of D/GtkD over Rust/gtk-rs *but* there is much more IDE
and editor support for Rust compared to D. This makes Rust code easier
to write than the equivalent  D code, even if that Rust code is more
ugly than the equivalent D code.

So whilst I keep wanting to do D/GtkD, I keep getting pulled to
Rust/gtk-rs simply because CLion (and Emacs) support for Rust is so
much nicer than the D support.

I must laud Samael's efforts on the IntelliJ IDEA/CLion D support, it
is magnificent, but the project needs more resource to get the CLion D
plugin somewhere near as good as the Rust CLion plugin. I am sure
VisualStudio fans, indeed any other IDE users, will say the same about
their IDE, I am a CLion user so try to push CLion support.

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Russel.
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Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk
Apr 24 2020
parent reply Paulo Pinto <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 18:52:55 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 On Fri, 2020-04-24 at 15:50 +0000, Phrozen via 
 Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:

 


 […]

  Basile B., thanks for the suggestion. I'll try this library 
 too.
 


 Just a bit of confirmation: I am a fan of D and GtkD for 
 desktop UI work.

 GTK+ is just a UI framework unlike Qt (which is UI and 
 networking,
 database, etc.) and is fairly straightforward to work with 
 after the
 initial learning hump – which is the same between GTK+ and Qt. 
 Qt is
 really C++ and Python only though many languages have bindings 
 to QML.
 GTK+ has many bindings, C++, Go, Rust, and D to name just the 
 obvious
 native code languages. C++ (gtkmm) and Go (gotk3) bindings are 
 manuals
 ones, Rust (gtk-rs) and D (GtkD) bindings are generated from 
 the API
 specification (GIR files). I believe this makes gtk-rs and GtkD 
 far
 superior to gtkmm and gotk3.

 I have done a number of projects in Rust/gtk-rs and D/GtkD. 
 Overall I prefer the code of D/GtkD over Rust/gtk-rs *but* 
 there is much more IDE and editor support for Rust compared to 
 D. This makes Rust code easier to write than the equivalent  D 
 code, even if that Rust code is more ugly than the equivalent D 
 code.

 So whilst I keep wanting to do D/GtkD, I keep getting pulled to 
 Rust/gtk-rs simply because CLion (and Emacs) support for Rust 
 is so much nicer than the D support.

 I must laud Samael's efforts on the IntelliJ IDEA/CLion D 
 support, it is magnificent, but the project needs more resource 
 to get the CLion D plugin somewhere near as good as the Rust 
 CLion plugin. I am sure VisualStudio fans, indeed any other IDE 
 users, will say the same about their IDE, I am a CLion user so 
 try to push CLion support.


Just curious, how do you handle the whole RC<RefCell<>> story in 
Gtk-rs?

For me it made the point that languages with tracing GC or 
implicit reference counting are much better solution for doing 
GUI programming.
Apr 25 2020
next sibling parent Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Sat, 2020-04-25 at 09:30 +0000, Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
[=E2=80=A6]

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 Just curious, how do you handle the whole RC<RefCell<>> story in=20
 Gtk-rs?
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 For me it made the point that languages with tracing GC or=20
 implicit reference counting are much better solution for doing=20
 GUI programming.
=20


I am still not sure I have truly come to terms with the whole Rc/Arc
and RefCell stuff. It isn't so much the using them, it is trying to
decide what is the right combination for a given situation.

Big D win here due to garbage collection.

--=20
Russel.
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Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk
Apr 25 2020
prev sibling parent reply Antonio Corbi <antonio ggmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 09:30:44 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 18:52:55 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 [...]


 Just curious, how do you handle the whole RC<RefCell<>> story 
 in Gtk-rs?

 For me it made the point that languages with tracing GC or 
 implicit reference counting are much better solution for doing 
 GUI programming.


Hi Paulo,

I don't know if you are referring to the `clone!` macro described 
here[1]

[1] https://gtk-rs.org/blog/2019/12/15/new-release.html

Antonio
Apr 26 2020
parent reply Paulo Pinto <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
On Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 09:09:04 UTC, Antonio Corbi wrote:

 On Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 09:30:44 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 18:52:55 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 [...]


 Just curious, how do you handle the whole RC<RefCell<>> story 
 in Gtk-rs?

 For me it made the point that languages with tracing GC or 
 implicit reference counting are much better solution for doing 
 GUI programming.


 Hi Paulo,

 I don't know if you are referring to the `clone!` macro 
 described here[1]

 [1] https://gtk-rs.org/blog/2019/12/15/new-release.html

 Antonio


Hi, this macro is new to me, it did not exist when I tried to 
have a go at Gtk-rs, so it simplifies not having to write such 
boilerplate ourselves, but like the author mentions it doesn't 
make it go away, it just gets hidden behind the macro.
Apr 27 2020
parent reply Antonio Corbi <acrb ggmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 27 April 2020 at 11:27:57 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 09:09:04 UTC, Antonio Corbi wrote:

 On Saturday, 25 April 2020 at 09:30:44 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 18:52:55 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:

 [...]


 Just curious, how do you handle the whole RC<RefCell<>> story 
 in Gtk-rs?

 For me it made the point that languages with tracing GC or 
 implicit reference counting are much better solution for 
 doing GUI programming.


 Hi Paulo,

 I don't know if you are referring to the `clone!` macro 
 described here[1]

 [1] https://gtk-rs.org/blog/2019/12/15/new-release.html

 Antonio


 Hi, this macro is new to me, it did not exist when I tried to 
 have a go at Gtk-rs, so it simplifies not having to write such 
 boilerplate ourselves, but like the author mentions it doesn't 
 make it go away, it just gets hidden behind the macro.


Hi,

Yes, previously this macro lived (in a simplified form, i.e. no 
 strong) in the examples provided by the gtk-rs developers. Now 
it's part of the gtk-rs bindings.

Antonio
Apr 27 2020
parent Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
On Mon, 2020-04-27 at 12:12 +0000, Antonio Corbi via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:

 On Monday, 27 April 2020 at 11:27:57 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Sunday, 26 April 2020 at 09:09:04 UTC, Antonio Corbi wrote:




[=E2=80=A6]

 I don't know if you are referring to the `clone!` macro=20
 described here[1]
=20
 [1] https://gtk-rs.org/blog/2019/12/15/new-release.html
=20
 Antonio


=20
 Hi, this macro is new to me, it did not exist when I tried to=20
 have a go at Gtk-rs, so it simplifies not having to write such=20
 boilerplate ourselves, but like the author mentions it doesn't=20
 make it go away, it just gets hidden behind the macro.


=20
 Hi,
=20
 Yes, previously this macro lived (in a simplified form, i.e. no=20
  strong) in the examples provided by the gtk-rs developers. Now=20
 it's part of the gtk-rs bindings.


I have not found any real need to use that clone! macro. I have found it
straightforward, and easy, to clone the variables required so they can be
moved. It also seems self-documenting, making the cloning obvious.

--=20
Russel.
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Dr Russel Winder      t: +44 20 7585 2200
41 Buckmaster Road    m: +44 7770 465 077
London SW11 1EN, UK   w: www.russel.org.uk
May 11 2020
prev sibling next sibling parent Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 I'm too new to DLang and I have a lot to learn. Probably that's 
 why I have a lot of difficulties. Has anyone tried using a GUI 
 library to the latest DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091? I plan to use 
 this language for a specific Thermal calculator application for 
 Windows, but for two days I've been struggling with dub and 
 elementary examples in GUI libraries. I need something simple - 
 a modal window with 3 buttons and a two text boxes. So far I 
 have tested DWT, TKD, DFL, dlangui without success.
 Can anyone help me with advice or some more recent tutorial. 
 Thank you!


you also have GTK-D[1], and you have up to date sources to 
learn[2] it.

[1] https://code.dlang.org/packages/gtk-d
[2] https://gtkdcoding.com/
Apr 24 2020
prev sibling next sibling parent Marcone <marcone email.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 I'm too new to DLang and I have a lot to learn. Probably that's 
 why I have a lot of difficulties. Has anyone tried using a GUI 
 library to the latest DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091? I plan to use 
 this language for a specific Thermal calculator application for 
 Windows, but for two days I've been struggling with dub and 
 elementary examples in GUI libraries. I need something simple - 
 a modal window with 3 buttons and a two text boxes. So far I 
 have tested DWT, TKD, DFL, dlangui without success.
 Can anyone help me with advice or some more recent tutorial. 
 Thank you!


You can create easy GUI using Qt or Win32Api.
See step-by-step easy vides:

GUI Qt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es9Qs9_1ipk
GUI Win32Api: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QqyPTLbgHU
Apr 25 2020
prev sibling next sibling parent Murilo <murilomiranda92 hotmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 I'm too new to DLang and I have a lot to learn. Probably that's 
 why I have a lot of difficulties. Has anyone tried using a GUI 
 library to the latest DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091? I plan to use 
 this language for a specific Thermal calculator application for 
 Windows, but for two days I've been struggling with dub and 
 elementary examples in GUI libraries. I need something simple - 
 a modal window with 3 buttons and a two text boxes. So far I 
 have tested DWT, TKD, DFL, dlangui without success.
 Can anyone help me with advice or some more recent tutorial. 
 Thank you!


Here is everything you need to know: 
https://madscientisthaven.blogspot.com/2020/01/beginning-multimedia-with-arsd.html
Apr 25 2020
prev sibling parent dangbinghoo <dangbinghoo gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 24 April 2020 at 13:45:22 UTC, Phrozen wrote:

 I'm too new to DLang and I have a lot to learn. Probably that's 
 why I have a lot of difficulties. Has anyone tried using a GUI 
 library to the latest DMD 2.090 or DMD 2.091? I plan to use 
 this language for a specific Thermal calculator application for 
 Windows, but for two days I've been struggling with dub and 
 elementary examples in GUI libraries. I need something simple - 
 a modal window with 3 buttons and a two text boxes. So far I 
 have tested DWT, TKD, DFL, dlangui without success.
 Can anyone help me with advice or some more recent tutorial. 
 Thank you!


working GUI library for D:

Gtkd and tkd.


---
dbh.
Apr 26 2020