Brian Braatz wrote:
(was RE: [boost] Re: GUI library - something to think about)
Both http://www.torjo.com/win32gui/save_dlg.html
and
http://www.litwindow.com/Library/Documentation/documentation.html
are extremely interesting.
I propose that BOTH authors collaborate (on this list) to achieve the following:
Hi Brian, hi all. I am all for collaboration. The Lit Window Library is a high level approach to UI coding. This is not yet apparent since the real stuff is still missing. An upcoming article will delve deeper into this. The point is, it is not meant to be a GUI framework, but a layer _above_ the (any) framework. The framework itself can be abstracted out, although tighter integration with an existing framework would be a good idea. Simply put, I want the Lit Window Library to do for UI coding what the STL and Boost are doing for algorithms. I want to build a library of commonly used UI interface patterns such as the "two list box/four buttons" implementation for the "select m of n" UI pattern or "listbox with two buttons 'up' and 'down'" lets a user change the order of the elements in a list box. Just as noone is coding their doubly linked lists anymore, nobody should have to code all the event handling and data transfering/binding to implement the "select m of n elements" pattern anymore. On another note, the wx community is discussing a "wxTNG", a next generation widget library. I'd love to see collaboration here. Their new approach is going to be a lot cleaner, I think, and the boost library has been mentioned. It would be such a shame if all our efforts went into similar but different projects. I will investigate. Best regards Hajo