[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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