[ooc-compiler] OOC GUI development for Windows (was: Problemswit h OOC under Cygwin 1.1.2)

[<Tim...@ma...>]

Hallo!

> Sounds cool, but it might have some serious uses too (eg. embedded
> devices). What is W-Windows? Is that a drawing layer, or does it include
> some widgets too?
 
W Windows consists of the windowing system itself and there is also a
W Toolkit implementing some widgets. VO however would use its own widget
on top of the windowing system. Problem with the Yopy is, that release
dates are still not fixed. Initialialy the relase date was may now it is
december. It is still possible that it is vapour ware.  Note also, that
there is the HP ipaq already running linux and X on top.

> That's one advantage of the VO (and Java) approach over straight visual
> design. I've found that dialogs I've designed using Blackbox/Windows
> aren't readable under MacOS because the sizes of controls and fonts are
> different. If they were positioned based on constraints rather than
> absolute coordinates, it would not be a problem.

Definitely. VO was designed to be portable and to adpapt the look and feel,
fotns and screen resulutions etc... and as such the use of this technic was
mandatory. I wonder that while the technic is there and similar to VO the 
implementation of layouters and containers in Java AWT and Swing it rather
simple. There arn't that much containers as one would like to have. Perhaps
too many people still live in GUI builder time!?


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Gruß...
       Tim.