Hello Uwe,

If accessing C++ is so difficult, that probably explains the situation with
Qt and wxWidgets. I'm glad there is work going into C++ wrappers.

Cheers,
Daniel.


On 27 March 2016 at 21:30, Uwe Fechner <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would like to add:
> QML.jl -- 33 commits, 2 contributors
>
> The very first release was just tagged. Already useful for simple but
> beautiful GUI's.
>
> C++ libraries need a C++ wrapper. Cxx.jl is still very difficult to
> install. An alternative, CxxWrap.jl is just becoming available.
>
> Uwe
>
> On Monday, March 28, 2016 at 2:09:51 AM UTC+2, Daniel Carrera wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> When it comes to GUI toolkits in Julia, Gtk seems to be the main choice,
>> followed by Tk. At least in terms of development effort:
>>
>> Gtk.jl -- 444 commits, 23 contributors
>> Tk.jl -- 235 commits, 28 contributors
>> PySide.jl -- 35 commits, 2 contributors
>>
>>
>> Although I like Gtk, I'm curious. Is there a reason Gtk gets more
>> attention? Maybe Tk is just easier to support, so it doesn't need as many
>> commits. But Tk also has less documentation. So I do get the impression Gtk
>> gets more attention. Why would Gtk or Tk be preferred in the context of
>> Julia?
>>
>> My understanding is that Gtk is great on Linux but doesn't work so well
>> on Windows and Mac. Tk has historically been considered ugly ("looks like
>> Motif") but my impression is that this was fixed long ago. Gtk has more
>> widgets than Tk and I think also more inputs. Qt is supposed to be great on
>> other platforms. Are C++ toolkits more difficult to support? Oh, there is
>> no package for wxWidgets, and that's also a C++ toolkit. Maybe that's a
>> factor? Or maybe people just like the look of Gtk.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Daniel.
>>
>

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