[dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Éric Bischoff
Hi everyone, Nokia recently relicensed the Qt library under a triple license : GPL, LGPL, and commercial. Qt is cute, modern, C++, easy to program with, and multiplatform. Wouldn't it be the ideal replacement for VCL, now that LGPL is an option? No flames please. Ref:

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread eric b
Hello Eric :-) Happy new year btw :-) Le 16 janv. 09 à 16:01, Éric Bischoff a écrit : Hi everyone, Nokia recently relicensed the Qt library under a triple license : GPL, LGPL, and commercial. Wow, LGPL ? awesome :) Qt is cute, modern, C++, easy to program with, and multiplatform.

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Éric Bischoff
Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009 16:08:40 eric b, vous avez écrit : I don't know the API, but I got several questions : The API is really a programmer's relief. Simple, straightforward, clean. - I know the Linux/ Mac side could be ok, but how does it work on windows ? Short answer: very well.

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Malte Timmermann
When reading the announcement, I also though that Qt would be a valid option now :) The reason that I didn't post it here was that I didn't want to discuss it when nobody would work on a VCL replacement now. Sun Team in Hamburg not working on it of course doesn't mean that not somebody else

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Hubert Figuiere
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 16:01 +0100, Éric Bischoff wrote: Qt is cute, modern, C++, easy to program with, and multiplatform. Wouldn't it be the ideal replacement for VCL, now that LGPL is an option? No flames please. Are you volunteering to do the work? Hub

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Éric Bischoff
Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009 16:48:53 Hubert Figuiere, vous avez écrit : On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 16:01 +0100, Éric Bischoff wrote: Qt is cute, modern, C++, easy to program with, and multiplatform. Wouldn't it be the ideal replacement for VCL, now that LGPL is an option? No flames please.

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hello Éric, On Friday 16 January 2009, 13:31, Éric Bischoff wrote: Le vendredi 16 janvier 2009 16:08:40 eric b, vous avez écrit : I don't know the API, but I got several questions : The API is really a programmer's relief. Simple, straightforward, clean. - I know the Linux/ Mac side could

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Malte Timmermann
An other thing that just came to my mind: Accessibility implications on different platforms have to be considered There is much work in progress with ATK and switching to D-BUS, so that non-gnome environments can use ATK. That will take some time. And I am also not sure about the status of

[dev] Fwd: Prix Ars Electronica 2009 - Call for Entries

2009-01-16 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
This might be of interest. Or maybe it's just spam? Begin forwarded message: From: communit...@prixars.aec.at Date: 16 Jan 2009 3:26:27 GMT-05:00 To: lui...@mac.com Subject: Prix Ars Electronica 2009 - Call for Entries Dear Friend and Participant of Prix Ars Electronica, The 23rd Prix Ars

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Éric Bischoff wrote: Nokia recently relicensed the Qt library under a triple license : GPL, LGPL, and commercial. Qt is cute, modern, C++, easy to program with, and multiplatform. Wouldn't it be the ideal replacement for VCL, now that LGPL is an option? Hi Eric, why are you following up

Re: [dev] Qt as a valid replacement for VCL

2009-01-16 Thread Yegor Jbanov
Both Qt and OOo have Java bindings. OOo allows writing extensions and Qt allows building UI using Java. Looks like the two are made for each other from a Java developer's standpoint. Exposing Qt as the standard UI toolkit for OOo should encourage 3rd party developers to extend the functionality of