Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-10 Thread Dave Tessman
I'm currently working on a gui to help users to start fgfs with their own options (it parses prefernces.xml and show the user the different options available). I started writing it in Python with wxPython gui library (works on Linux-gtk, Windows, MacOSX, and every motif-Unices). If find

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-09 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: FWIW - What I think would likely be the 'pentultimate' system is a Tool that read the existing XML configuration files and automagically created a GUI from what it found. This is sort of what the HTML interface to the properties does now If the GUI is able to run

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-09 Thread David Megginson
Norman Vine writes: but this was in reference to 'ease of use' for 'users' not 'developers' hmmm maybe FlightGear 'users' all know how to run compilers :-)) No, but any ones who can write Python or Java code certainly can. A user-friendly, extensible GUI would probably have a

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-09 Thread Jim Wilson
Norman Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: My point was that the beauty of having a 'scriptable' GUI was that a user, not a developer / programmer, should be able to personalize their GUI easily, not so sure this would be possible with a C++ GUI. Well one time I was asked to write an xml

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread David Megginson
Olivier Grisel writes: So if we develop such user friendly tools, it might be a good idea to choose only one gui style so as they get all the same style. You work sounds great. I see no harm in having both Java and Python GUIs -- I'm no Python fan myself (though there are other fgfs

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Erik Hofman
David Megginson wrote: Olivier Grisel writes: So if we develop such user friendly tools, it might be a good idea to choose only one gui style so as they get all the same style. You work sounds great. I see no harm in having both Java and Python GUIs -- I'm no Python fan myself

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Olivier Grisel
It don't like SWING ! It don't like SWING ! :) For Windows users py2exe exists and transorf a wxPython app into a dummy-windows-user friendly .exe file. (but have never tested it since I don't have win) Irix doesn't support motif or gtk ? Some (too early) screen shots

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Erik Hofman
Olivier Grisel wrote: It don't like SWING ! It don't like SWING ! :) For Windows users py2exe exists and transorf a wxPython app into a dummy-windows-user friendly .exe file. (but have never tested it since I don't have win) Irix doesn't support motif or gtk ? Actually, it supports

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Norman Vine
David Megginson writes: Olivier Grisel writes: So if we develop such user friendly tools, it might be a good idea to choose only one gui style so as they get all the same style. You work sounds great. I see no harm in having both Java and Python GUIs -- I'm no Python fan myself (though

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Tony Peden
Norman Vine wrote: David Megginson writes: Olivier Grisel writes: So if we develop such user friendly tools, it might be a good idea to choose only one gui style so as they get all the same style. You work sounds great. I see no harm in having both Java and Python GUIs -- I'm no Python

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Norman Vine
Tony Peden writes: Norman Vine wrote: David Megginson writes: Olivier Grisel writes: So if we develop such user friendly tools, it might be a good idea to choose only one gui style so as they get all the same style. You work sounds great. I see no harm in having both Java and Python GUIs

RE: [Flightgear-devel] Java client library

2002-06-08 Thread Norman Vine
Tony Peden writes: Scripting languages are good stuff ... but they are still languages. Agreed :-) but this was in reference to 'ease of use' for 'users' not 'developers' hmmm maybe FlightGear 'users' all know how to run compilers :-)) Cheers Norman