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digitalmars.D - AWT-like gui?

reply jz <jz_member pathlink.com> writes:
Is there currently a preferred AWT-like, cross-platform GUI library for D? I was
impressed with the documentation for DIG, but I can't get it to compile with
0.99*, and I can't seem to find an up-to-date version for unDig, either. Also I
was wondering whether something like this would eventually become part of the D
standard library, as it has in Java?


* When trying to compile, after fixing some C-style casts and replacing the
identifier name 'package', I get the usual error:

C:\dig-0.0.14\dig>make install
c:\dmd\bin\dmd net\BurtonRadons\digc\digc.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\omflistexports
d net\BurtonRadons\digc\strip.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\libraryRegistrar.d net\Bu
rtonRadons\digc\sys.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\sysBase.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\prog
ram.d kernel32.lib -unittest net\BurtonRadons\dig\common\baseDirectory.d
Error: Error reading file 'ctype.d'


--- errorlevel 1
Aug 20 2004
parent reply J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
In article <cg6n9o$1b08$1 digitaldaemon.com>, jz says...

Is there currently a preferred AWT-like, cross-platform GUI library for D? I was
impressed with the documentation for DIG, but I can't get it to compile with
0.99*, and I can't seem to find an up-to-date version for unDig, either. Also I


Have you tried http://www.dsource.org/projects/undig/ ?

It's not perfect, but it's in better shape than the ancient file at opend.org.


was wondering whether something like this would eventually become part of the D
standard library, as it has in Java?


A GUI library might eventually ship with D, but I doubt it'll be dig or unDig.
(No offense to the unDig team which I'm sort of a member of.)


* When trying to compile, after fixing some C-style casts and replacing the
identifier name 'package', I get the usual error:

C:\dig-0.0.14\dig>make install
c:\dmd\bin\dmd net\BurtonRadons\digc\digc.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\omflistexports
d net\BurtonRadons\digc\strip.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\libraryRegistrar.d net\Bu
rtonRadons\digc\sys.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\sysBase.d net\BurtonRadons\digc\prog
ram.d kernel32.lib -unittest net\BurtonRadons\dig\common\baseDirectory.d
Error: Error reading file 'ctype.d'


That sounds like an error from the opend.org version of dig. If you're still
interested, try the dsource.org project.


--- errorlevel 1


jcc7
Aug 21 2004
parent reply Ilya Minkov <minkov cs.tum.edu> writes:
J C Calvarese schrieb:


 Have you tried http://www.dsource.org/projects/undig/ ?
 
 It's not perfect, but it's in better shape than the ancient file at opend.org.


I have tried undig. After fixing it to compile well, i get executables 
where most controls don't display at all. That is, they seem not to get 
created somehow. Only drop-down lists and scintilla are visible, the 
rest not. OpenGL demos fail because the handle they get is not a valid 
window handle, so the GL context cannot be created. Perhaps i fixed one 
bug too many. :) I have no idea of Windows programming, so i don't have 
a clue what could be causing that kind of behaviour.

I didn't get the DIG compiler to compile, instead i made my own 
compilation script for the GUI part and the demos only.


 A GUI library might eventually ship with D, but I doubt it'll be dig or unDig.
 (No offense to the unDig team which I'm sort of a member of.)


The one that hits it first would be doomed to become very popular if not 
standard. :) And even if it doesn't ship with the compiler, evereone 
would know what to get first. :> Besides, distros are possible: IDE~ 
compiler~ libs.


a neat impression and i bet it can be mostly converted by automated 
means into D, that's what i'm goint to give a try at. wx.Net works by 
building a DLL from C++ which exports most of the library as C or 

redirecting the calls.

Now i have one more excuse for devoting very little time to D - reading 
the D newsgroup takes up too much time. :>

-eye
Aug 23 2004
parent reply J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
Ilya Minkov wrote:

 J C Calvarese schrieb:
 

 Have you tried http://www.dsource.org/projects/undig/ ?

 It's not perfect, but it's in better shape than the ancient file at 
 opend.org.


 
 
 I have tried undig. After fixing it to compile well, i get executables 
 where most controls don't display at all. That is, they seem not to get 
 created somehow. Only drop-down lists and scintilla are visible, the 
 rest not. OpenGL demos fail because the handle they get is not a valid 
 window handle, so the GL context cannot be created. Perhaps i fixed one 
 bug too many. :) I have no idea of Windows programming, so i don't have 
 a clue what could be causing that kind of behaviour.


I already admitted that undig isn't perfect. ;)


 
 I didn't get the DIG compiler to compile, instead i made my own 
 compilation script for the GUI part and the demos only.
 

 A GUI library might eventually ship with D, but I doubt it'll be dig 
 or unDig.
 (No offense to the unDig team which I'm sort of a member of.)


 
 
 The one that hits it first would be doomed to become very popular if not 
 standard. :) And even if it doesn't ship with the compiler, evereone 
 would know what to get first. :> Besides, distros are possible: IDE~ 
 compiler~ libs.
 

 a neat impression and i bet it can be mostly converted by automated 
 means into D, that's what i'm goint to give a try at. wx.Net works by 
 building a DLL from C++ which exports most of the library as C or 

 redirecting the calls.


I've thought about trying to use SWIG on wxWidgets, but I keep on 
getting sidetracked into other little projects. In theory, I think it'd 
work, but no one has tried. :(

http://www.dsource.org/projects/swig4d/
http://wxwidgets.org/


 
 Now i have one more excuse for devoting very little time to D - reading 
 the D newsgroup takes up too much time. :>
 
 -eye



-- 
Justin (a/k/a jcc7)
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Aug 23 2004
parent reply ahiru <ahiru moephp.org> writes:
In article <cge0e1$3hh$1 digitaldaemon.com>, J C Calvarese says...

I've thought about trying to use SWIG on wxWidgets, but I keep on 
getting sidetracked into other little projects. In theory, I think it'd 
work, but no one has tried. :(

http://www.dsource.org/projects/swig4d/
http://wxwidgets.org/


http://user.script.nu/~ahiru/wxd01.jpg
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/k_ahiru/searchdiary?word=*%5BwxD%5D
(sry, it is Japanese...)

coming soon :P
Aug 23 2004
next sibling parent J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
ahiru wrote:

 In article <cge0e1$3hh$1 digitaldaemon.com>, J C Calvarese says...
 

I've thought about trying to use SWIG on wxWidgets, but I keep on 
getting sidetracked into other little projects. In theory, I think it'd 
work, but no one has tried. :(

http://www.dsource.org/projects/swig4d/
http://wxwidgets.org/


 
 
 http://user.script.nu/~ahiru/wxd01.jpg


Cool! I stand corrected. ;)

"wxD" - that sounds great!


 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/k_ahiru/searchdiary?word=*%5BwxD%5D
 (sry, it is Japanese...)


I don't know Japanese, but it appears you're making good progress. (I 
tried using http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr, but machine translations 
don't work quite right. Oh, well.)


 coming soon :P


I can hardly wait!


-- 
Justin (a/k/a jcc7)
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Aug 24 2004
prev sibling parent John Reimer <brk_6502 NOSP_AM.yahoo.com> writes:
ahiru wrote:


 In article <cge0e1$3hh$1 digitaldaemon.com>, J C Calvarese says...
 

I've thought about trying to use SWIG on wxWidgets, but I keep on 
getting sidetracked into other little projects. In theory, I think it'd 
work, but no one has tried. :(

http://www.dsource.org/projects/swig4d/
http://wxwidgets.org/


 
 
 http://user.script.nu/~ahiru/wxd01.jpg
 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/k_ahiru/searchdiary?word=*%5BwxD%5D
 (sry, it is Japanese...)
 
 coming soon :P
 
 


Woah!  This could be a big deal! Looks like there's more progress with 
that than with DWT!

Bravo!
Aug 24 2004