From: <tim...@en...> - 2005-06-29 08:48:22
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Ethan A Merritt wrote: >On Tuesday 28 June 2005 07:33 pm, Hans-Bernhard Br=F6ker wrote: > =20 > >> =20 >> >>A large part of the idea behind having >>a wxwidgets output driver is that it will work not just on X11. >> =20 >> > >I see. I was confused by Timoth=E9e's screen shots, which showed the >plot in an X-window. > I'm sorry ;-). The "X" icon is just the default one for wxwidgets apps=20 compiled with gtk. >So you're saying that wxwidgets layers on top >of X if the system supports X, and layers on top of something else >on systems that don't support X? > =20 > Exactly. The screenshots come from the gtk+2 version of wxwidgets, but=20 it can be compiled with the Windows, MacOS, OS/2 versions to get native=20 appearance. >>The way I look at it, maybe its strongest promise is that it may allow >>us to put the old MS Windows driver to rest. >> =20 >> > >At the cost of accepting C++. But I suppose that's a net win :-) > > =20 > This C++ code shouldn't be intrusive, as it's limited to gui=20 functionnalities. Greetings, Timoth=E9e |