> > I've been looking at crossplatform gui-development, and
> > one of the
> > things that is easily found is the wxWindows tools
> (www.wxwindows.org).
> >
> > This looks to be sort of the same as php-gtk, but it does
> windows, motif
> > os/2 and mac as well (aside from gtk).
>
> What do you mean by aside from gtk?
That it not only supports gtk, but the others as well (natively).
> Gtk+ is also cross-platform: Windows, BeOS, Unix, and soon Mac OS X.
That's right, but wxWin does native win/mac/gtk api... and
you still have the choice of developing for the gtk version,
and then using the x-platform capabilities of gtk... but you
can also choose to use the native os api.
I also know that wxWindows abstract a lot of things besides
the gui, like threads, sockets and stuff. Does gtk have this as well?
> Personally, I never found Motif look appealing...
Well, neither do I, but they chose to support it... ;)
> > There exists wxPython and wxPerl... why not wxPHP?
> > Any thoughts from the php-gtk people?
>
> I guess I need to know what you are asking before giving a
> meaningful reply.
I was not really asking, just for some thoughts on the
subject. What I am curious about, is how do the capabilities
of wxwindows and gtk+ compare to each other. What are the
strong points of one versus the other (aside from the
os-native lookandfeel versus gtk-lookandfeel, which is a
matter of taste (and I like native lookandfeel better))?
How do applications developed with gtk+ for a windows
platform handle drag-and-drop from/to other programs? Are
there installtion issues (with wxwin you don't need a
complete set of common controls, just a lib with the
wrappers, with gtk+, you must install the win-version of the
gtk on the machine as well)
One of the questions that could be useful: Is there room for
two such projects, php-gtk and wxphp?
Cheerio, Marc.
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