Re: [Gm2] ncurses (also: what about swig)

[gaius]

Dragiša Durić <address@hidden> writes:

>> Transforming swig interfaces into Modula-2 could be done - I guess
>> we would need a dynamic loader module which loads up the shared
>> library and another module which marshals parameters to the shared
>> library.
>
> SWIG usually creates several files on client side. IMO, it's clumsy
> probably because module paradigm is strange idea to lots of
> languages, esp.from C family. Once types are mapped I think it's
> pretty straightforward for Modula-2 clients.. Complications in
> approach are possible with languages lke Modula-3 with elaborate
> type systems, but surely not with Modula-2.

Hi,

yes indeed the marshaling of the parameters would be pretty near a
noop.  Maybe ARRAY OF CHAR would need to be transformed slightly - but
this is trivial.  I guess the changes are probably best made to swig -
in fact the small amount of work necessary for a large gain makes it
quite an attractive proposition.

regards,
Gaius


>
>> 
>>> Gtk+ is event driven but nothing like Windows event "driveness". You
>>> start main loop, but not to get events from it and put them through
>>> giant case statements. Both Gtk+ and Qt are callback based - you
>>> create your event handling procedures and decorate widget tree with
>>> them. From there on, as long as you follow moderately simple
>>> guidelines, it is all automagic. And it's multiplatform, it even
>>> works on OSX.
>> 
>> very interesting - gtk+ sounds very clean.
>
> It is. They are in league with Qt and Cocoa there, being OO and extensible 
> and all. If only their basic language is strongly typed...
>
>> 
>> regards,
>> Gaius
>
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Dec 17, 2010, at 1:45 AM, rob solomon wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Has anyone developed modules to use ncurses for output, sort of like 
>>>> TextTools has for Ada?
>>>> 
>>>> I am interested in playing w/ gm2 on ubuntu but I want more than a console 
>>>> interface.
>>>> 
>>>> I have no experience w/ linux programming but have used Stony Brook 
>>>> modula-2 for Windows to write my own code.
>>>> 
>>>> Do I have to structure the code as in Windows by using a windows procedure 
>>>> and a message reading loop?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance
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