On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Jesse Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fred, Riccardo, Adam and I have been working on Windows lately and it's now > more stable than ever. A good windows theme might help, but actually some > of the color schemes we already have work very well indeed. > > I agree that allowing for native-appearing GNUstep apps under Windows is a > great idea... but I don't think that's doable in the context of a theme. > Theming support is essential for GNUstep (obviously), but with Windows, I > think we need to really be using native widgets. There are just so many ways > that a Windows machine can be customized visually, that a theme will almost > always feel out of place (not to mention what we make that GNUstep theme > look like: XP or Vista or... something else). I have no idea how this would > be done technically, but it's most certainly the best way to give the feel > of a truly native application. > That, or we throw away native conventions entirely and go the iTunes/Safari > on Windows route. >
Win32 API provides routines for drawing native looking controls. AFAIK, GTK+ uses them to obtain near native look. I have no idea how to wire it for GNUstep though. Cheers, -Krishna -- Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort? - Aksel Peter Jorgensen _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
