Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-25 Thread Juan Carlos Arévalo Baeza
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:41:06 +1000, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote: >> Many applications where GUIs are used require a canvas/scribble field >> with the following basic functionality: >> >>  - set a point in a particular color; if speed is an issue, >>   mapping a 2D-array content to the canvas w

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-25 Thread Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
The promised GUI mailing list is now available: http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/gui Manuel ___ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-25 Thread Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
Ashley Yakeley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > At 2001-09-24 05:44, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote: > > > *** The GUI Library Task Force Strategy Proposal *** > > It's worth pointing out that I'm covering much of the same ground with my > bridge to the Java VM. > > http://sourceforge.net/project

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-25 Thread Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
"Ch. A. Herrmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > Basically, I like the suggestions, but want to clarify: > > > * The library focuses on graphical *user interfaces* (ie, > > buttons, menus, scrollbars, selection lists, etc) as > > opposed to drawing and animation routines. > > Many application

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Mark Carroll
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Ashley Yakeley wrote: > At 2001-09-24 05:44, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote: (snip) > >* The library focuses on graphical *user interfaces* (ie, > > buttons, menus, scrollbars, selection lists, etc) as > > opposed to drawing and animation routines. > > Java has APIs for bo

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Ashley Yakeley
At 2001-09-24 05:44, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote: > *** The GUI Library Task Force Strategy Proposal *** It's worth pointing out that I'm covering much of the same ground with my bridge to the Java VM. http://sourceforge.net/projects/jvm-bridge/ Of course there are differences: >* Develop

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Antony Courtney
"Carl R. Witty" wrote: > > "Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > + More sophisticated approaches (that often require > > language extensions or are still experimental) can be > > implemented on top of this basic API - eg, FranTk, > > Yahu, Fruit, iHas

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread S. Alexander Jacobson
Try http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/ralf/hw2001/3.html I originally saw it on lambda: http://lambda.weblogs.com/2001/09/07 -Alex- On 24 Sep 2001, Carl R. Witty wrote: > "Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > + More sophisticated approaches (that often require > >

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Carl R. Witty
"Manuel M. T. Chakravarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > + More sophisticated approaches (that often require > language extensions or are still experimental) can be > implemented on top of this basic API - eg, FranTk, > Yahu, Fruit, iHaskell, etc. I keep seeing references t

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Mark Carroll
On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Ch. A. Herrmann wrote: (snip) > Many applications where GUIs are used require a canvas/scribble field > with the following basic functionality: (snip) Absolutely. The only reason I've found Java usable is that I can make my own Canvases and LayoutManagers and 'implement' many

Re: RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Ch. A. Herrmann
Basically, I like the suggestions, but want to clarify: > * The library focuses on graphical *user interfaces* (ie, > buttons, menus, scrollbars, selection lists, etc) as > opposed to drawing and animation routines. Many applications where GUIs are used require a canvas/scribble field with t

RFC: GUI Library Task Force

2001-09-24 Thread Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
The following is a summary of a discussion about a strategy to develop a standard GUI library for Haskell. The discussion was initiated by Simon Peyton Jones and involved Koen Claessen, George Russell, and me. The next step in our plan is the creation of a public mailing list (we propose, "[EMAI