Hey, thx everyone for pitching in. I spend most of my time as ktilton @ mcna dot net (and the google "easy account switching" kinda did not work so well when I tried it, tho it seems they are working on it).
I agree with all said and would add only that the regression test suite has good examples. -kt On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Peter Hildebrandt <peter.hildebra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > cells-gtk and celtk are probably the best choices for desktop GUI > toolkits. You probably want to look at both to decide which you > prefer. (full disclaimer, I did a bit of work on cells-gtk). > Cells-gtk has the advantage of looking native on Ubuntu/Gnome (and is > somewhat portable to windows). Celtk is more cross-platform and has a > lower threshold if you are familiar with Tk. > > you can download the latest fork of cells-gtk3 here: > https://github.com/Ramarren/cells-gtk3 > > Let me know if you have questions. > Peter > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Frank Goenninger <f...@me.com> wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> >> Am 17.04.2012 um 19:18 schrieb Jim Prewett: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've recently stumbled across Cells and it sounds pretty interesting. I'm >>> wondering how to get started learning about how to use Cells. In general, >>> I've got several Lisp projects that could use a GUI and the various >>> Cells-based GUI projects look interesting to me. I think I should >>> probably learn how to use Cells (at some basic level) before trying to >>> dive into one of the GUI packages. Is there a Cells-based GUI package >>> that is currently preferred? >> >> Celtk is running fine here, also Cells-Gtk is still in use AFAIK. >> >>> In general, I learn best by first following a simple example, then >>> modifying it to do my bidding. Can someone show me how to get started? >> >> https://github.com/kennytilton/cells/wiki >> >>> I'm also wondering if someone can explain the difference between DEFMODEL >>> and DEFMD to me. >> >> defmodel is like defclass - with just a few more slot options to declare a >> cell. >> defmd is a convenience macro that helps in writing less boilerplate code: >> >> With defmodel a cellsified class might look like this: >> >> (DEFMODEL CAT (MODEL) >> ((NAME :INITFORM NIL :INITARG :NAME) >> (FUR-COLOR :INITFORM NIL :INITARG :FUR-COLOR) >> (TITLE :INITARG :TITLE :INITFORM >> (C? (UTILS-KT::CONC$ (^NAME) " with " (^FUR-COLOR) " >> fur.")))) >> (:DEFAULT-INITARGS >> :NAME (C-IN "") >> :FUR-COLOR (C-IN "black"))) >> >> the same could be written as: >> >> (defmd cat () >> name >> fur-color >> (title (c? (utils-kt::conc$ (^name) " with " (^fur-color) " >> fur."))) >> :name (c-in "") >> :fur-color (c-in "black")) >> >> ... the above is just part of the macroexpansion of this short form ... >> >> A very short demo with the above: >> >> CL-USER: (defvar *the-cat*) >> *THE-CAT* >> >> CL-USER: (setq *the-cat* (make-instance 'cat :name (c-in "Susi"))) >> CAT0 >> >> CL-USER: (title *the-cat*) >> "Susi with black fur." >> >>> >>> Thanks so much!, >>> Jim >> >> Hope that helps ;-) >> >> Cheers >> Frank >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cells-devel site list >> cells-devel@common-lisp.net >> http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/cells-devel > > _______________________________________________ > cells-devel site list > cells-devel@common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/cells-devel -- I recommend "pleasant". - Elwood P. Dowd http://stuckonalgebra.com/ _______________________________________________ cells-devel site list cells-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/cells-devel
