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Subject: Re: Scatha 0.2.10

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 05:08:03 11/08/05

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On November 08, 2005 at 07:44:38, Michael Yee wrote:

>What toolkit do you think you would use for making the linux GUI (which I'd be
>very interested in, by the way!)? If you used something like wxWidgets, GTK+ (or
>even GTK#), java swing, etc., it could be easily ported to windows. Then again,
>it seems like you prefer lisp-based solutions...

Yes, I am a Lisper, not a programmer.  Developing a GUI like Scatha's in
another language than Common Lisp would take me 5-10 times longer time.

In Linux, I would probably use one of the several available GTK bindings
for Steel Bank Common Lisp or CMU Common Lisp.

The only completely cross-platform solution for me would be to use
Xanalys LispWorks, which includes a very nice portable GUI library
(although it doesn't look pretty on Linux, where it uses the Motif
toolkit).  I would love to use LispWorks, but the price is a
problem:  LispWorks currently costs 1,100 Euros, which IMO is a bit
too much for developing free software.

Tord




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