[boost] Re: GUI Library Proposal for a Proposal

From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-04 20:03:08

Brian Braatz wrote:
> (was RE: [boost] Re: GUI library - something to think about)
>
> Both
> http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/save_dlg.html
>
> and
>
> http://www.litwindow.com/Library/Documentation/documentation.html
>
> are extremely interesting.
>
> What I see (just after taking a peek at both):
>
> Win32Gui
> Interesting design
> No macros
> Looks tied to Win32Gui
>
> LitWindow
> Also interesting design
> Does have macros
> Also sits on top of WxWidgets, but it looks like the WxWidgets
> layer could be abstracted out.
>
> I propose that BOTH authors collaborate (on this list) to achieve the
> following:
>
> * Combination of the best of both frameworks
> * Can sit on WxWidgets OR can have a win32 and xwindows underlying
> implementation

No !!!!! WxWidgets has almost nothing to do with modern C++. Let's no go
there, or have anything to do with supporting any other GUI implementation.