Re: [Anygui-users] Backend API design similar to anygui?

[Magnus L. H. <ml...@id...>]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 10:29:50PM -0800, Brett wrote:
>
> I can already see that be a great boon for anygui.  I am sure  their are going
> to be many people who already know a GUI API and are not going to want to give
> them up because they know the one so well.  But  if they can leverage anygui's
> platform-agnostic power while being able to backend-specific abilities when
> needed that whould be able to convert a lot of people to using the API.

I hope so :)

I've been thinking a bit about how to do it, and although it is
already possible, it isn't very convenient. But a simple API should be
in place by release 0.2, at the latest (I think).
> 
> > I think you can very well use it for experimentation and learning,
> > yes. There are changes ahead, though. The most noticable are perhaps
> > a more extensive set of events and the addition of menus (which
> > currently aren't available).
> >
> 
> If they are mostly going to be additions and not changes, then I I already know
> which GUI API I am going to start with.  =)
> 

Well, as the documentation warns, we may see changes still... But by summer
next year, we'll hopefully have reached release 0.3, and then things will
probably be quite stable for a while.

But I think most changes will be internal -- except for added functionality. 

> I would be honored to act as a test subject for anygui-dev.  Someone has to be
> the space monkey, right? =)

:)
 
> I will be happy to e-mail comments, questions, suggestions, etc. as I delve into
> the world of GUI programming.  It might be a little while, though, because a
> project that I must  do in pure Scheme (using STk and Tk, actually) first.  But
> when that is done, I have the perfect project to add a GUI to.

Good.
 
> -Brett C.

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