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July 09, 2012
Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
I would like to put together a small standalone GUI application 
(statically linked).  I would prefer a simple API that won't take 
much time to learn.  Years ago I used FLTK on a small C++ project 
and would like to find something simple like that.  It looks like 
DWT might fit the order, but I can't tell if it is very actively 
used or maintained.

What would you suggest for a small library that is easy to learn?

Thanks!
--Chris
July 10, 2012
Re: Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
On Monday, 9 July 2012 at 19:56:17 UTC, Chris Dahl wrote:
> I would like to put together a small standalone GUI application 
> (statically linked).  I would prefer a simple API that won't 
> take much time to learn.  Years ago I used FLTK on a small C++ 
> project and would like to find something simple like that.  It 
> looks like DWT might fit the order, but I can't tell if it is 
> very actively used or maintained.
>
> What would you suggest for a small library that is easy to 
> learn?
>
> Thanks!
> --Chris

The statically linked thing might be more difficult. GtkD is the 
best cross platform solution. You might consider binding FLTK 
(create a C shim, and call through that) if that's what you want.
July 10, 2012
Re: Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
On 2012-07-09 21:56, Chris Dahl wrote:
> I would like to put together a small standalone GUI application
> (statically linked). I would prefer a simple API that won't take much
> time to learn. Years ago I used FLTK on a small C++ project and would
> like to find something simple like that. It looks like DWT might fit the
> order, but I can't tell if it is very actively used or maintained.

It's currently not actively maintained. But I haven't abandoned the 
project. Sometimes I get contributions, the last one was just two days ago:

https://github.com/d-widget-toolkit/org.eclipse.swt.win32.win32.x86

> What would you suggest for a small library that is easy to learn?

I think DWT is quite easy.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
July 10, 2012
Re: Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
On 2012-07-10 05:51, Bernard Helyer wrote:

> The statically linked thing might be more difficult. GtkD is the best
> cross platform solution. You might consider binding FLTK (create a C
> shim, and call through that) if that's what you want.

DWT is statically linked.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
July 10, 2012
Re: Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
I think I will try out DWT then.  Thanks for the info and updates!
July 11, 2012
Re: Which GUI toolkit for a simple app?
On 2012-07-10 22:36, Chris Dahl wrote:
> I think I will try out DWT then. Thanks for the info and updates!

Oh, BTW, I should have mentioned that the Mac OS X port of DWT isn't 
finished yet, sorry.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
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