[boost] Re: GUI library - another one

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-03 12:18:44

"David Bergman" <davidb_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Max responded to David Turner regarding a GUI library: 
>
>> I would add:
>> 
>> 9. (really 0 in my view) It should use an extensive resource 
>> description schema or language (for widget properties, 
>> layouts and relations) that is either interpreted at run time 
>> or (though I like it less) compiled into code transparently 
>> to the user. This resource description should probably be XML-based.
>
> I agree, and would definitely go with a XUL-like approach for any new GUI
> library, i.e., have the GUI defined completely in an XML file. Maybe even
> handling Microsoft's future XML descriptors for GUIs (XAML?)

Well, I'd hope there would be a user-readable/writable format that
could be used as a front-end.  You can go a long way in plain text:

  +--------+
  | button |
  +--------+

  * radio
  * buttons

  [ ] checkbox

you get the idea, I hope.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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