Chris Sherlock wrote:
FWIW, I have idly considered whether I could turn VCL into what it originally started as - a stand alone cross platform library.
Not really - that was StarView, its predecessor that got written out of StarOffice code mid-nineties. TTBOMK, VCL was never meant to be used independently.
wxWidgets actually pretty much does what the VCL does - it is a framework that runs as a thin layer (really a fascade in many ways) over he native platform's capabilities at doing things like creating Windows, drawing on them, printing, etc.
Again not really - vcl and wxWidgets are about as different as cross-platform GUI frameworks could be. VCL is platform look (via theming engines), cross-platform feel (~all event handling & behavioral code is shared across platforms), wxWidgets is platform look _and_ feel (via wrapping actual native widgets).
It's actively maintained and has an enthusiastic user community. It currently implements a GTK+2/3, Win32 and Motif/Lesstif (ugh) backend. It has support for OS X also, pretty sure this is stable.
Other than that, I support your pitch for wx - a great project! Cheers, -- Thorsten
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