[GRASS-dev] v.digit: Qt or wxWidgets

[Bob Covill]

Hello,

I have been working on a GTK based GUI for a little while now. Hopefully
I will get around to releasing it one of these days. I have tested the
program under Linux, CygWin, and Windows(XP). It easily cross-compiles
to run under Windows. Unfortunately, I do not have access to a Mac, so I
cannot test it there.

Also, I should mention that I have been building it against the GRASS
ogsf library allowing it to render in 3D (NVIZ). The idea is that the
user can easily switch between 2D & 3D views.

--
Bob

On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 12:42 -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
> I can offer a couple of answers, though Glynn and others can fill in richer
> details.
> 
> (2) wxWidgets is an interface building platform, like TclTk, QT, and GTK. It
> can be used with C.
> 
> (3) I think that this is answered in (2)
> 
> (4) wxWidgets, like QT and TclTk has versions that run natively across
> platforms--inlcuding most *nix flavors, Mac OS X, and Windows. GTK runs
> primarily in X11 (though there are experimental versions under development
> for other platforms I understand).

> Michael
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> School of Human Evolution & Social Change
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> 
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> 
> > From: John Gillette <JGillette at rfmd.com>
> > Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:03:15 -0400
> > To: Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
> > Cc: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> > Subject: [GRASS-dev] v.digit: Qt or wxWidgets
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> >> AFAICT, the main obstacles are v.digit and NVIZ. v.digit
> >> needs a decision on a suitable toolkit (probably either Qt or
> >> wxWidgets) and a volunteer. NVIZ requires someone to update
> >> Togl to 1.7 and to conditionalise the GLX-specific code in do_zoom.c.
> > 
> > Glynn:
> > (1) I'd like to see the code written in C, as opposed to C++.
> >     I think more developers and users are going to know C. This
> >     lets users be able to trouble shoot and find bugs.
> >     [full disclosure: I only know C.]
> > 
> > (2) I looked at wxWidgets after the last time you mentioned it.
> >     I assume you can use it with C?
> > 
> > (3) I didn't understand the relationship between wxWidgets and GTK.
> >     Can you explain some of this?
> > 
> > (4) GTK is not on your list. Can you explain your thinking about
> >     which you prefer or which kit you would use?
> > 
> > Perhaps by virtue of asking these questions it means I am not
> > qualified to work on v.digit but I get excited (and frustrated)
> > about the possibility of having a window based v.digit program.
> > 
> > If we could discuss it a little and then have Glynn just make a
> > decision [1], I would run off and start learning that toolkit. I
> > already learned some GTK.
> > 
> > Respectfully, 
> > John
> > 
> > [1] technical lead/mentor type relationship. So that Glynn wouldn't
> >  do the work but so we would head off in the right direction. I
> >  see Glynn as informally doing something like that now. Just my
> > opinion, of course.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> 
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