[C++-sig] FLTK
Niki Spahiev
niki at vintech.bg
Thu Dec 12 10:39:10 CET 2002
William Trenker wrote:
> I'm seriously considering doing a Boost.Python extension for the FLTK
> cross-platform GUI (fltk.org). This is a big job but I'm able to devote
> the time. My qualifications are a very good working knowledge of
> Python, a hand-coded Python extension of the SQLite database-engine
> library (sqlite.org), and a crude but working Boost.Python impementation
> of SQLite as well.
>
> FLTK is implemented in C++ and has a well-documented C++ API. I got a
> basic FLTK window up and running in Python with Boost.Python in only a
> day's work (95% of that time learning Boost.Python).
>
> I'm doing this work on the FLTK V2.0 CVS tree. Just a few days ago the
> FLTK folks restructured the FLTK 2.0 source code to use C++ namespaces
> -- they are really taking C++ seriously. So it seems that a
> Boost.Python extension of FLTK is a "natural" fit. (I say "seems"
> because any project like this will have lots of forests with many hidden
> trees.)
>
> I know I'm going to need some help with this. So I would appreciate
> feedback: are my invevitable Boost / Python questions appropriate for
> this mailing list? [To the FLTK guru's: I may have a question or 2 for
> you as well; is that appropriate on the FLTK development newsgroup?]
How can i test this? From FLTK CVS?
regards,
Niki Spahiev
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