[MPlayer-dev-eng] new gui

Luca Barbato lu_zero at gentoo.org
Mon Dec 12 19:37:43 CET 2005


Paul TT wrote:
> 
> i really like a lot the way e-stuff works :-))))
> but i think it cannot be apllied to the gui that's going to be
> written....
> it is not already portable on various platforms....
> 

As in?

> 
>>...
>>evas should run fine on all the target systems well IIRC.
>>
> 
> 
> does it works in windows (yes it still exists :( )????

If hadn't got broken should...

> 
> C++.
> good points
>  

There are few people capable of coding decent C++ and won't have the 
time to do it anyway since is the MOST boring task ever.


> 
>>other solutions: wrapping to have multiple bindings (and maybe start 
>>prototyping everything in python/perl6/ruby), build a minimalistic 
>>toolkit using directly xcb/xcl cocoa or winapi, use a canvas and build
>>an event loop
> 
> 
> the same :-)

?
> 

To put it clear: C++ is a NO GO.

Windows compatibility is take in account...

lu

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