Would it be developed using the GDI?  If so, then maybe wingdi?

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 9:33 PM
To: Jim Dishaw
Cc: Aaron Hexamer; PLplot development list
Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Using Window's raw API for shapes and text

On 2015-05-13 20:56-0400 Jim Dishaw wrote:

>> On May 13, 2015, at 8:43 PM, Alan W. Irwin <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>
wrote:
[...] But clearly the wingcc name is
>> now a misnomer.  Of course, you don't want to break backwards 
>> compatibility on this name now unless there is a really good reason, 
>> but one possible good reason is if someone could think up a really 
>> compelling name for this device driver that we all immediately like.
>
> How about mswin.

I don't particularly like that name because it emphasizes Microsoft.
That company clearly is in complete charge of the Windows platform, but
there are at least open enough about the specifications of that platform
that it is possible for others (such as the Wine developers) to implement a
Windows platform as well.  For example, the wingcc driver works fine on the
Wine version of Windows according to my tests.

Before I posed my question, I was thinking of just "win", but I think that
is so bland it is almost meaningless.  Another possibility is iwin (where
the i stands for interactive), but again too bland.

Just free-associating here, but how about something like winwidget to follow
(roughly) the naming scheme for both our wxwidgets and our qtwidget devices?

Alan
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