Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/02/25/21:37:20
On 22 Feb 1997, George Foot wrote:
> Making Windows programming fun. Hmm. When we get a good, working programming
> system going, I intend to write something similar to the ObjectWindows Library
> Borland ship with their Windows programming products. It's very similar to
> TurboVision, and is a breeze to use - about ten lines can make a working
> window, which takes about forty using traditional methods. There's a limit to
> how easy Windows programming can be made, though.
I guess this is why I stick (mostly) to Unix programming. The Forms
Library for X (http://laue.phys.uwm.edu/xforms/) does for X what you say
ObjectWindows does for Windoze. I think ten lines is too much :) and all
the usual widgets (up to a directory/file browser) are just a function
call away.. and of course the preemptive OS saves a LOT of grief with
WinMain() and relinquishing control of the thread and stuff like that..
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