Re: [open-cobol-list] GUI -- wxWidgets?

[Brian Tiffin]

Hello everyone

I replied to the original poster with 

http://add1tocobol.com/tiki-index.php?page=GTK+Sample

and he seemed pretty happy.

Gilles;  I looked at Qt with some keen interest as I use KDE and I like the 
features.  BUT; Qt is native C++ so it makes writing a binding layer one step 
more hassle (extern "C" {} wrappers everywhere) so GTK+ will be the first GUI 
target for OpenCOBOL, (from my point of view at least; others are more than 
welcome to add other linkage), being straight up C and the linkage does not 
require any mucking about with the C++ linker name mangling, .

With the recent addition of libguile linkage How-To, GTK+ can also be accessed 
from the Scheme layer.  Anything on the Perl side can be accessed through the 
cob_perl side, so wxWidgets is definitely a viable option already.  I'm still 
working with Rildo's codebase to get smooth integration with Tcl/Tk 
(currently functional and samples have been posted), but I'd like to spend my 
whimsical time and attention on the GTK bindings.  There are a bag load of 
features that Glib, GDK and GTK open up.  One next step may be peeling back 
access to the GtkBuilder feature for XML UI design for those so inclined.

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A small pleading;  If anyone really wants to dig in, I'd prefer we work 
together on http://add1tocobol.com and build up the GTK feature set.  There 
are thousands of small functions to write and test and each one adds to the 
pile of potential.
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When User FUNCTIONs are fully supported we'll really be able go to town with a 
developer friendly GUI builder with the GTK+ layer.

Cheers,
Brian
 
On February 18, 2009 08:13:51 am Gilles Crebassa wrote:
> Because is really GPL OpenSource since 4.5, Qt can be an option with really
> interest.
>
> 2009/2/18 Bruce M. Axtens <address@hidden>
>
> > G'day everyone
> >
> > Concerning the occasional need for a GUI, I noticed recently the release
> > of wxPerl <http://wxperl.eu/>, which provides wxWidgets bindings to
> > Perl. Would such a mechanism also work for OC?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Bruce.