[wxWorkshop-dev] wxWorkshop still lives?

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Hi all,

(I have sent a copy of this E-mail to George Tasker)

I have been looking for a native C++ program dialog editor for wxWidgets
when I found the wxWorkshop link.

I have pulled the code out of CVS and am now converting it to
wxWidgets-2.6.1 under Linux (obviously I'm using the wxGTK platform
although I built wxWidgets using the wxAll port tarball).  I do think
this project has potential, and I want to see if I can get the project
going again (at least for myself).  Admittedly I am just looking for a
wxWidgets Dialog Editor (RAD tools), especially an alternative to 
wxGlade (ie - I
don't want to program or have wxPython on my system...just my preferences).

Anyhow, would you be interested when I get it fixed up?  I'm calling my
version 0.7.5 even though I know it has no bearing on anything right now.

I'm curious too as to why this project seems to have died?  I think
there are a lot of people who would be interested in this.


My plan is:

Step 1).  Get wxWorkshop to compile with wxWidgets-2.6.1, and I've got a 
few more conversions to get it to work with my Unicode version of 
wxWidgets on my Linux system (I run Gentoo btw).  However, I've got a 
good part of the pmf files to compile already (I'm still working on 
keybinder.cpp).  Yes, I'm  just getting started.

Step 2).  Get wxWorkshop to work with Autoconf, and to use Autoconf to 
set the options to compile between Unicode and normal ASCII versions.

Step 3).  Once the source and make files are set up, then make a new set 
of Make files only for wxWidgets and MinGW.  (I don't want to support 
Cygwin as there are licensing issues with distributing the cygwin .dll 
files).  Here I will need some help as I don't have a Windows machine to 
test this on.  I've done a lot of work with MinGW and wxWidgets before 
at a previous company I've worked with, and they were delighted to have 
both a Windows and Linux version of the program with the exact same 
source files.

Step 4)  Start working on the bugs and get them resolved.

Step 5)  Redraw up a List of Features & start getting them implemented.

Obviously it is going to take me a little time to get from Step 1 to 
Step 5, but I need this program and look to carry it through.  I hope we 
could get rekindle some interest and get some help on it too.

I believe this program can be a significant contribution to the 
wx-world.  I hope there are still some of you developers out there who 
agree.

Thanks,
--Spicerun
aka James Rasmussen