is D ncurses-only language?

Gour gour at atmarama.net
Thu Nov 24 00:24:49 PST 2011


On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:29:00 +0100
Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> Probably because the original author abandoned the project. I think
> he worked fulltime on the project, that's why the project progressed
> so fast. Another guy who contributed quite a lot of code, porting of
> the browser package, just stopped contributing one day and wasn't
> reachable.

Ahh, now it makes sense. Thank you for taking time to explain.

> I have recently started to move the repository to github, hoping it
> will get some more attention. All the code is moved but I need to
> setup git submodules and update the build script. One reason I
> haven't prioritized DWT is because I'm running Mac OS X and that port
> isn't finished. 

I see.

> So when I need to fix a bug or make sure a patch works I need to boot
> Linux or Windows virtually, which I try to avoid. It just takes some
> extra effort to fix a bug or similar.

I bet that working on DWT requires some Java knowledge?

> I've created an organization at github with all the repositories: 
> https://github.com/d-widget-toolkit/

Thank you.

Can you, btw, give some case for DWT(2)?

I do not use any Java app and have no experience with SWT whatsover.

What would be some pro/cons of DWT comparing it with gtk/qt/wx?

All I know is that it is (like wx) toolkit providing native look...


Sincerely,
Gour

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