Re: [ANN] tekUI GUI toolkit for Windows released

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 16/03/2009 10:35, Timm S. Mueller wrote:
> we released tekUI, a Lua-native GUI toolkit, for the Windows platform
> today.

Did a brief test of the Windows snapshot.
Looks nice, even though I prefer native look for GUIs. "Lightweight" isn't usurped.

> To quickly browse through the examples, open the "bin" folder and
> associate the ".lua" extension with the Lua executable in the top-level
> directory. Then you should be able to start the demos with a double
> click.

Mmm, I won't change my associations for this test.
I just opened the command line in the bin directory and ran some samples with the command:

..\lua.exe demo_custom.lua

and similar. Worked fine.

BTW, "bin" name for example programs is surprising, I would expect to see the .exe and 
.dll's there, and the sample Lua programs in a "sample" or similar directory).

> tekUI is still in alpha stage of development, but we are on the verge
> of going beta. Our web site (including the online documentation) has
> been updated to reflect the recent changes.

The About page, among others, doesn't mention the Windows port.

> Being mostly written in the Lua scripting language, it is easily
> extensible with new user interface elements, which can later be
> rewritten in C. See http://tekui.teklib.org/overview.html for a
> more detailed technical description.

Looks like having a solid design, it is a nice little framework useful for quick, small 
GUIs (or perhaps more ambitious ones, I don't know).

Fast bug report:
- demo.lua has double dialog for exit confirmation.
- Clicking in the demo_choices displays the message "Attempt to relayout non-group: 
tek.ui.class.canvas" whatever it is. Doesn't prevent working. Seen in other scripts like 
demo_presentation.lua
- On most demos, I have message "failed to load style sheet 'tek/ui/style/desktop.css'", 
this CSS isn't present in the snapshot.

Good, interesting work!

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