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. >> >
