Re: win32 to lua binding

[Noel Frankinet <nfr@...>]

Philippe Lhoste a écrit :

Bonjour Philippe,
> Noel Frankinet a écrit :
> > I am finishing a lua to WTL binding right now (WTL is a thin template 
> > wrapper around win32,so its native win32, not .net).
> > The user interface is defined in XML and the interaction in lua (like 
> > XUL : HTML/javascript integration).
>
> ??? Why use XML?
The user interface can be defined in lua, but I find that the structure 
of an xml document a good match for the structure of the resulting UI
> Using XML in Lua is OK if you need to process XML data from the outer 
> world. XML is great in interprocess communication, I think. Or for 
> data that must be processed, transformed, etc.
>
> But since Lua is, historically, basically a data description language 
> <http://www.lua.org/history.html>, for such relatively closed usage, 
> it would be better (more readable, easier to type (generate?), faster 
> to parse) to use Lua to define the user interface.
>
> Just my 2€c.
>
> Beside that, this project is interesting. Well, it is unfortunate that 
> there are many proprietary wrappers around Win32 API/GUI (if judging 
> from some messages I see) and no clear leader on the field.
I did not find much, do you have pointer on project ?

Thank you for your input
Bonne journée.


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