Hello, wxWidgets seems to be slowly dying these days. Support for anything else than the classic desktop platforms is virtually non-existent and even things like subpixel scaling support are flaky at best. Creating bindings for a large C++ codebase like wxWidgets also seems like a major endeavour. Even the "official" wxPython bindings are often years out of sync with current versions of wxWidgets 🤔
That said, if your target are classic desktop platforms and you like to write code in C++, wxWidgets is still a solid option for a UI toolkit! In particular, the API stability is great, which can't be said about the big competitor Qt, where even a patchlevel version number change often brings breaking API or behaviour changes that take at lot of effort to adapt to. Ciao, Thomas C. Am Do., 23. März 2023 um 13:07 Uhr schrieb elf <e...@ephemeral.net>: > Perhaps something more like wx would be better? Excellent cross-platform > support, including all necessary support structures, and iirc it can give > you lower-level graphics access too? Plus, of course, there are already > bindings for a large num of languages, and a guide to writing new bindings, > so... > > -elf > > > On 23 March 2023 13:43:10 GMT+02:00, Matt Welland <mattrwell...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Tk is great, no doubt about it. I still miss Eric Gallesio's STk. The >> reasons I decided against tk include: >> >> 1. Clunky 1980's look and feel. (i) >> 2. No IOS or Android support. (ii) >> 3. I seemed to fight the widget layout model a lot when I used it. >> (iii) >> 4. Two of the projects I'm starting are more game than normal app, >> including plans to have a VR view. >> >> (i) has been addressed with the latest tk, including themes apparently. >> (ii) it does appear possible to use tk on android but there is no touch >> support as best I can tell. >> (iii) Godot seems somewhat similar to IUP with hboxes, vboxes etc. >> hopefully easier for me to learn. >> >> #2 is a big concern but #4 is the deciding factor. I really need >> something that works and where I can reuse what I learn in many projects. >> I'd strongly prefer to use 100% Chicken but I also need to get things done >> and if I have to learn and use gd script for some of my projects I'll deal >> with it. I am also starting to see the value of a well done gui designer. >> >> What I want is a button in Godot that switches out gd script for Chicken >> Scheme. That would be an awesome tool! I'll settle for doing the >> communications, logic and other heavy lifting in a Chicken program and bolt >> on Godot for the user interface (via tcp for now). >> >> Just my $0.02 >> >> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 11:37 PM elf <e...@ephemeral.net> wrote: >> >>> Erm, what's wrong with the tk bindings, which should work everywhere >>> already? >>> >>> -elf >>> >>> On 23 March 2023 02:36:43 GMT+02:00, Matt Welland < >>> mattrwell...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >That would be great Thomas. For my part, I'll start working on my >>> project >>> >using what I can, learning Godot along the way. When you get to working >>> on >>> >this please let me know how I can help. >>> > >>> >Regarding the approach, I like the tooling to generate a loadable module >>> >idea. I figure leverage as much of Godot as a tool as possible. >>> > >>> >Thanks. >>> > >>> >On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:27 PM Thomas Chust <thomas.ch...@gmail.com> >>> >wrote: >>> > >>> >> Hello, >>> >> >>> >> a combination of CHICKEN and Godot sounds very interesting! I've been >>> >> meaning to experiment more with that engine for a while, and with >>> Godot 4.0 >>> >> just out the door the time is probably perfect to try out the new >>> extension >>> >> APIs. >>> >> >>> >> I'm not completely sure how the CHICKEN/Godot hybrid should look like >>> and >>> >> suspect that embedding Godot in a CHICKEN egg would at least be >>> cumbersome. >>> >> Maybe some kind of tooling to streamline the task of rolling CHICKEN >>> code >>> >> into a single loadable module for Godot to use would be most >>> promising 🤔 >>> >> >>> >> I think I've just found a project for the upcoming CHICKEN summer >>> workshop >>> >> 😁 >>> >> >>> >> Ciao, >>> >> Thomas C. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Am Mi., 22. März 2023 um 15:28 Uhr schrieb Matt Welland < >>> >> mattrwell...@gmail.com>: >>> >> >>> >>> I've been using IUP with Chicken for years. I really enjoy using it >>> >>> (thanks Thomas!). But, here we are, over 10 years later and IUP is >>> still >>> >>> not available as an official Debian package and it is a burden to >>> deploy. >>> >>> It is also still not supported on Mac. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, I'm scouting around (again) for alternatives and I'm starting to >>> lean >>> >>> towards using Godot for my next project. Godot + Chicken scheme that >>> is. >>> >>> I'm hoping that I can deploy to mac, Linux and Windows and maybe >>> even >>> >>> android without too much pain. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here is an article that makes the case for using Godot for graphical >>> user >>> >>> interfaces: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> https://medium.com/swlh/what-makes-godot-engine-great-for-advance-gui-applications-b1cfb941df3b >>> >>> >>> >>> I can achieve what I need with any one of three approaches: >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Godot <==> chicken executable, where the connection could be tcp, >>> http >>> >>> or similar. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2. Godot <==> chicken .so file >>> >>> >>> >>> 3. Chicken <==> godot egg >>> >>> >>> >>> I don't have time or expertise to do an egg without help. Before I >>> start >>> >>> working using option 1 or 2 I wanted to ask the chicken community if >>> there >>> >>> was interest in collaborating on creating a godot egg. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> NOTE: If hypergiant had a widget library with a decent text widget >>> (line >>> >>> wrapping, copy/paste to the OS etc.) I'd have considered it. Raylib >>> was >>> >>> also interesting and it's text support might have been adequate but >>> the egg >>> >>> was never published and seems abandoned. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. >>> >>> It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson. >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >> -- >> Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. >> It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson. >> >
