Author: Tom Likens
Date: 13:37:50 10/03/00
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If you use C++ then QT is an option since there is both a Windoze version and a Linux version. The Linux version is free for personal use, but the Windows version requires you to purchase a commercial license. That said, it is MUCH nicer than programming in X (which I consider GUI assembly language ;) And it avoids all the brain damage of MFC. --Tom On October 02, 2000 at 23:18:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 02, 2000 at 12:33:58, ERIQ wrote: > >>If a socalled programer can't make a graphic interface for linux >>is it a problem of linux or a personal problem. I think a personal problem!! >>Don't blame the os for your inabilities. >> >> sign, >> Eriq > > >There are two issues: > >1. In linux, xboard works fine. Anybody can join the now huge list of >xboard/winboard compatible engines. > >2. If you write your own, you have to use xwindows graphical calls. X >has been around 10 years longer than windows, but Microsoft didn't choose >to adopt the X standard. Which means that if you roll your own GUI, you >will have to roll two versions (compare xboard and winboard sources to see >what Tim Mann does here). Two versions of something is always gross...
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