On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:39:14 -0500, Dimitrie O. Paun wrote:
Do you think Wine is the way to go for me, or am I
better off writing individual versions and keeping the Windows software
native and then producing QT or GTK versions for *NIX? I'm at a cross-roads
here, since I'll be dedicating years of work in whatever direction I take.
<morpheus> What is native? </morpheus>
I'd say a native app is one that feels like it was written for the platform. That normally means, native UI, good desktop integration, that sort of thing (in a desktop app).
WineLib is a great way to do this. Pure WineLib apps will not feel native,
because you're using a clone of the win32 widget set - suck it up ;)
However, WineLib lets you use a native toolkit like GTK+ *and* keep using
Or better yet, lets you use a "native" toolkit like wxWindows. Think about it!
regards, Jakob
