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In article <E6vBxI.MtG@world.std.com>, Joseph H Allen wrote:
>I'm close to completing a new free-ware widget library for X. 

When can we have a look at it. I'd really like to try it out. It
seems you have got most things right from what you write...

>The reason for this post is to get people's opinions
>on the current programming interface.  The widget library is written in
>standard K&R UNIX C, but in an object oriented style which would allow easy
>translation to C++. My question is should I stick with the greater
>portability and backward compatibility of K&R C, or should I go directly to
>C++? 

I liked the programming interface. Terse, like C should be, and
understandable. It seems you have given some thought for how to keep
things simple. Please stick with C. That way it would be usable for
both C and C++ programmers, and it would also be possible to make
bindings to other languages more easily. The portability and
stability of C is also a good reason to stick with it. Some
conditionally compiled ANSI-C-declarations in the headers would be
fine for those of us who like strict typechecking.

How about accelerators? I think this is important for any widget
set. It should be easy for the programmer to add them, and if they
are associated with some text-label, the mnemonic letter should be
underlined. 

Menus should work like windows (aggh!) in one other respect too; the
Meta-key should highlight the menu-bar, and then you can use the
arrow-keys or accelerators to navigate the menus. Of course the
library shouldn't enforce it, but it should make the default, like
it is in windows, and it should be very easy for the programmer to
program it. It's hard to implement, but it will be worth it. Most
X-widget-sets seems to neglect the fact that a GUI doesn't
necessearily imply a MUI (mouse-user-interface).


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