suggestions sought for a framework for a quick, dirty, really simple GUI prototype

suggestions sought for a framework for a quick, dirty, really simple GUI prototype

yochai yochai at titat.info
Thu Jul 19 12:29:11 IDT 2012


Shlomi,

I gave it as an idea as I understood he doesn't need a full GUI or
anything with a shiny look but to print a lot of data very fast.

I'm sorry if I miss-understood anything.

Yochai

On 07/19/2012 12:12 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:02 PM, yochai <yochai at titat.info> wrote:
>> Sorry, I thought it will be clear what I'm speaking about.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer
>>
> 
> I would recommend against SDL, because creating a decent GUI with it
> will require a lot of work, and on top of it will give you a giant
> window of raw graphics in the screen, which isn't very user-friendly
> or impressive. SDL is good enough for games, but not for a GUI
> application.
> 
> There used to be a GUI library for SDL called "ParaGUI" but its home
> page is currently down. I'm not sure if it could fix all of SDL's
> limitations in regards to its usability as a GUI platform.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- Shlomi Fish
> 
>>
>> On 07/19/2012 11:37 AM, Omer Zak wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2012-07-19 at 10:55 +0300, yochai wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> It isn't the first idea that comes to mind but what about SDL ?
>>>
>>> How about giving an URL to a Website or a Wikipedia article, which
>>> describes the specific SDL that you refer to?
>>>
>>> When searching both resources, Google returned irrelevant links
>>> and Wikipedia was rather ambiguous.
>>>
>>> Thanks, --- Omer
>>>
>>>
>>
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