Re: [Chicken-users] preferred gui library

[Alex Queiroz]

Hallo,

On 7/4/07, Brandon Van Every <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 7/4/07, Alex Queiroz <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > + Lightweight and *just* a GUI;
> >
> >      Although the API is very small, the egg is far from finished
> > though, so probably this is not what you want. Otherwise, feel free to
> > ask more.
>
> Felix was intoning "lightweight" back when we had that GUI discussion.
>  As I said then, the problem with that approach is, everyone wants
> different versions of "lightweight."  So by the time you get done
> pleasing everybody, which is what needs to happen for projects to
> become standardized, stable, well supported, and widely adopted, it's
> not lightweight anymore.  At best it's middleweight and more typically
> it becomes heavyweight.

    The problem is the "pleasing everybody" part. I've read that GUI
thread and realised that a consensus was not achieved by the Elder
Ones. My need for a GUI is urgent (I almost switched to PLT). So,
instead of jumping into that endless discussion, I started hacking my
own egg, which primarily address my needs. The IUP API is so small I
had a working egg in a couple of days, and since I need just a few
widgets besides an OpenGL canvas, it's perfect for me.
    The project started with a selfish goal but, if anyone finds IUP,
within its limitations, useful, I have nothing against sharing code
and joining efforts.

Cheers,
--
-alex
http://www.ventonegro.org/