[Gardeners] help wxCL

[Martin Rydstr|m]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 07:47:35PM -0700, Jack Unrue wrote:
> On 12/13/05, Jean-François Brouillet <verec at mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > If a portable CL GUI is the problem. wxWidget is not the solution.
> > I believe we should defer/postpone GUI toolkits until, at least, our
> > first birthday :)
> 
> Just to clarify, my intention was not to suggest that wxCL somehow
> be nominated as the "recommended" UI toolkit for CL. Rather, that
> there is an example of project that needs help, the tasks can
> be as narrow or as broad as you like, and working on it helps to
> address one of the common complaints about CL.
> 
> BTW, I thinking picking *some* toolkit to be bundled with Peter's
> Lispbox, as Brad suggested, is a good idea.  I think this idea
> deserves more discussion.

As I see it, there is much speaking for Ltk. I haven't actually
used it, but Tk is working pretty much everywhere, and what I've
understood from cll reports is that it uses a socket/server approach,
which is rather portable, and people seem to like it.

I'd like to say McCLIM, but there is a bit more starting distance
required for that than for a Tk-based approach, I believe.

(I have issues with a lot of the popular toolkits of today, but let's
not go there.)

',mr

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