On 2011-12-04 18:00, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Russel Winder"<rus...@russel.org.uk> wrote in message
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On Sat, 2011-12-03 at 13:16 -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
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A few thoughts based mainly from Python use perspective.
#1: wx: Because it uses native controls on pretty much all platforms.
wxWidgets appears to have the need in the C++ API for the programmer to
number each widget individually in order to access it, and the parameter
passing gets messy. The wxPython API get around a lot of this by being
able to do lots of dynamic binding and parameter passing tricks.
wxWidgets and wxPython have licences amenable to being used for
proprietary software without cost.
I hven't looked at the wxWidgets API, I would think that could easily be
hidden by a good wrapper even without any fancy tricks (maybe wxD already
does that? I don't know. I haven't gotten around to trying any GUI in D
yet). I'm thinking basic bindings in deimos, and then paper over the rough
spots in a separate package that wraps it with a revamped API.
#2: qt: Because for a non-native UI, it at least does a good job of
getting
the look& feel right. And I've heard that the API is nice.
Qt4 and PySide appear to have good cross-platform capabilities, but
clearly look like Qt applications on all platforms.
I'm not doubting you, but it's strange that I of all people (ie, Mr.
Native-or-Die ;) ) haven't noticed. My copy of Arora on Windows (v0.11.0)
looks indistinguishable from native to me, and it reports using Qt 4.7.1. Do
you have specific examples of differences?
Hmm, well, I admit the scroll bars in Arora fail to use my system color
theme, but I always assumed that was just Arora trying to emulate IE's
questionable "web-page-specified scroll bar colors" feature, with an
incorrect default setting. The scroll bars in the "Show All Bookmarks"
window look right.
PyQt has an unfriendly licence for anyone wishing to
make proprietary systems.
I didn't know that. Do you know if that's specific to PyQt, or inhereted
from Qt?
Qt is licensed under GPL, LGPL and a commercial license.
--
/Jacob Carlborg
