From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6511c3dc6e1155c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!tdsnet-transit!newspeer.tds.net!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-08!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Jerry van Dijk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GWindows and David Botton Date: 03 Oct 2004 21:24:00 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Sender: jerry@JVDSYS References: <200410031232568930%david@bottoncom> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4623 Date: 2004-10-03T21:24:00+02:00 List-Id: David Botton writes: > GWindows is also tuned toward the larger project I was working on for a GNU > Delphi replacement. (GWindows + GNATCOM + GNAVI IDE). So it is very easy to > target for a GUI builder based on its dispatching model combined with > inheritance. Indeed. Even when not on a Delphi 3 level immediately such a tool would facilitate the serious use of Ada for real bread-and-butter Windows applications. I have not brought this up as it seemed GWindows was dead in the water. However, putting my money where my mouth is, I'd be willing to put some time in moving GNAVI further along. -- -- Jerry van Dijk -- Leiden, Holland -- -- 'Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." -- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)