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by rer 10y ago
I didn't know this, thanks! It looks like one can have composition after all. http://ftp.squeak.org/docs/Self-4.0-UI-Framework.pdf
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by rer 10y ago
You're missing something like this: https://www.monetdb.org/
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by rer 10y ago
Mmm I don't know. Self looks like yet another overdesigned thing at 100k+ lines of code that doesn't compile. After 3 mins on the site, I can't figure out the main thing it does. Sure, the adaptive compilation is nice, and me
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by rer 10y ago
Can anyone summarize these six big economic ideas?
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Ask HN: What will HN be able to do in 10 years from now?
4 points by rer 10y ago|8 comments
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by rer 10y ago
Maybe I should read the code behind Smalltalk. I'm glad the day isn't over.
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by rer 10y ago
What if the data where there but not in front of their eyes. I want there to be data there.
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by rer 10y ago
What I don't get is: which library lets you draw stuff on the screen. GLib or GTK+? I thought that was GLib, and GTK+ was using GLib to implement controls. Which library does one need to build their own controls?
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by rer 10y ago
How would you do GUIs to make them compose, script, and show the kind of info CLIs can?
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by rer 10y ago
Maybe want I want is to always have access to the layer beneath (xlib, Wayland, win32). Thanks.
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by rer 10y ago
If you wanted to choose how to build the UI, one starting point is here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12376242
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by rer 10y ago
This comment says Tk is limited https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12381978 You and the GP say it's not. Is there anything Tk can't do? Also a question on fonts. Does Tk make it possible to use webfonts I see on
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by rer 10y ago
Thanks for sharing this knowledge. What can Tk not do, specifically? This thread believes Tk is as good as QT https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12380456
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by rer 10y ago
Why is Tk getting long in the tooth? This comment believes Tk is as good as wkWindows and QT https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12380456
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by rer 10y ago
> it's much harder to get right than it seems I'm not disputing this but I've yet to see a clear explanation why it's harder to get right than it seems. I want to understand, precisely, what makes this hard.
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by rer 10y ago
Thanks so much for this! I know very little about Tk. Besides antialiasing on a canvas, does antialiasing also work in text in labels, buttons, etc? Can I get in Tk all the fonts I can get in a Mac? Is Helvetica there? Why can't I find
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by rer 10y ago
There seems to be a third choice though. Writing a "thin layer", which sounds like writing one's own wxWindows or QT. I want to know the difference between the thin layer and the existing libraries. Not in vague terms but spe
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by rer 10y ago
> I have yet to see any kind of language or run-time that lets you have it both ways. If there were such a language I wouldn't be asking this question on HN. I have yet to see a clear answer why there is no such kind of language o
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by rer 10y ago
Ok, no GTK+! (Could this be fixed with GLib?) I didn't understand this. When you say you implement the UI as a thin layer do you mean you wrap only the few controls you need?
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by rer 10y ago
I see that the deeper you go, the less you can keep common. I learned a lot from your answers. I didn't understand why the nativeness of the UI must bifurcate (fork) the codebase. In your example, can't non-modal on Mac vs modal o
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by rer 10y ago
I'm glad I asked this because your answer suggests this is the main problem with cross-platform UIs. What do you think is the right thing to do? To have a common denominator kind of approach where a control works on all platforms but w
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by rer 10y ago
> Doesn't look great, especially on the Mac, but it's fine. I want it to look great, especially on the Mac. No SWT.
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by rer 10y ago
@geraldcombs and @justinclift I didn't know any of this, thanks so much! It sounds like GTK is eliminated too. What's left now, QT and wxWidgets?
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by rer 10y ago
Thanks for this. It sounds like JUCE is eliminated.
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by rer 10y ago
libui is kind of neat. It wraps around GTK+. Why did libui have to do that? In other words, is GTK+ bad enough that the easiest way to use it is to wrap around it?
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by rer 10y ago
Why many and not all? Emulating sounds like an extra layer one could do with out.
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by rer 10y ago
Is it open-source? What I want is closer to writing my own Xojo.
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by rer 10y ago
How hard can it be to build a toolkit that supports a textbox on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux? For a moment I thought you proposed a solution a thread up: > have it translate into the correct API calls on each platform under the hood. Wh
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by rer 10y ago
> there is no such thing Why?
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by rer 10y ago
Shouldn't this be a solved problem?

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