Hello, Gerald Combs has created a Python XUL Code Generator for Win32 C SDK prototype.
Gerald Combs writes: As a proof of concept I've cobbled together some Python code that reads XUL interface definitions and generates native Windows C SDK code. It combines the redeeming (to me, at least) aspects of Mozilla's XPFE and AbiWords Application Framework. The autogenerated code has been combined with some hand-written code and linked with the rest of Ethereal to create an application with a native look and feel. It isn't much more than a toy at the moment -- it can only open a file and display a packet list, but it looks promising. This method has the following advantages: - The interface layout is easy to change, since it's defined by the XUL files. - Much (but not all) of the code is automatically generated. - Frontends are truly native, and can be tweaked extensively. New features will require new code for each platform, but this can hopefully be minimized with the use of generated code. You can download Gerald Comb's Python XUL Code Generator @ http://www.ethereal.com/~gerald/ui-poc.tar.gz It's less than 20k and includes samples such as: <dialog id="about-dialog" title="About Ethereal" width="250" height="100"> <vbox> <description> The Ethereal Network Protocol Analyzer Version 0.99.0 (C) 1998-2003, Gerald Combs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> </description> <hbox> <spacer flex="1" /> <button id="ok-button" label="OK" default="True" /> </hbox> </vbox> </dialog> Full story @ http://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/200311/msg00481.html - Gerald (Bauer) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ xul-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-announce
