Re: [Ongui-dev] OnGui development launched
Status: Alpha
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From: Mike D. <mi...@cs...> - 2003-11-07 22:22:59
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Hi Robin, Downloaded and unzipped. I'll spend some time this weekend browsing through it and hopefully I'll have some questions for you early next week. Should be fun! -Mike Robin Rowe said: > Mike, > > Hi. I have created the developers mailing list and added us to it. > > Zipped up my old GFX API source as a development prototype and placed > in our > developers attic on SF site. > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93808 > > Please download that, browse through the code for ideas, and start > asking > questions on the list. > > Look at the Window and Dialog test code examples for starters. GFX was > not > cleaned up or documented for other users. Will want to talk through > it. > >> Why OnGui? Just curious. > > Because the event handlers use "On" in the method names, sort of like > MFC > does. Other than that, OnGui isn't much like MFC. ;-) Coincidentally, > ongui > may mean claw or nail in some languages. > > Found that libgfx was already taken by another GUI library and wanted > to > come up with a name quickly. Considered your suggestions, but had > problems > with each of them. Of your proposed names EGO (Easy Graphic Objects) > was the > best and the worst. I could just imagine what some would say if I led > a > project named that! > > Thanks for prompting me to get this off the ground. Appreciate your > help! > > Cheers, > > Robin > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Rob...@Mo... Hollywood, California > www.CinePaint.org Free motion picture and still image editing > software > |