[Axiom-developer] RE: [Gcl-devel] Re: axiom porting

[Mike Thomas]

Hi all.

| > The graphics and browser run in separate threads using sockets to
| > communicate to the algebra. Due to the run-process issue in GCL the
| > front end is being done using CLISP but nothing in the code cares
| > which lisp is used.
| >
|
| Did you get my fix for this posted yesterday?

In case my other email is swamped by the volume on this family of issues,
note also that a fix for Windows is now in GCL CVS HEAD.

| > I've spoken to Tim Daly Jr. about the lisp-gtk work and he believes
| > it is not ready for production use.
| >
|
| Perhaps, but all the solutions will require work, alas, and what one
| gets with gtk is glade.  Please take a moment and play with the
| program.  The entire interface is generated graphically, with no
| coding in any language, and dumped as a purely portable xml file.

That is actually very interesting.  Note however that GTK on Windows is  not
as stable as it is on Unix.


Cheers

Mike Thomas.