Re: FLTK

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Klaus Ripke wrote:
> Moreover, times have changed.
> I just can't believe people are still implementing
> "Tree-Widgets" in C, or even worse C++.
> Then they see they are ugly.
> Then they are inventing configuration systems.
> Just look at the complete mess they did with Gtk 2.
> Doing all the layout in Lua based on a well done low
> level lib, not much more than SDL, should be much faster,
> and certainly much more flexible. Ask the gamers.

Personally, I quite agree.  Possibly some of the lower-level
widget-drawing detail can be left to low-level code if necessary,
but, vitally, 95% of UI design is data-driven.  UI is data.  Lua
is a wonderful data description language with wonderful
high-level control on top.  That should be clue enough.

That said, the compactness of C isn't to be underestimated for
the simplest of widgets which the higher-level code can build
upon.  (C++ is another matter, though it can be used for good as
well as for evil.)

--adam
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