From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2002-07-30T02:03:44+09:00
Subject: RE: wxWindows for ruby

Curt Hibbs wrote:
>
> Lyle Johnson wrote:
> >
> > It is interesting to note that the next generation of wxWindows (the
> > wxUniversal project) has also adopted this approach.
>
> It is also worth noting that the SWT (from the Eclipse project) also takes
> the approach of wrapping naive widgets (enhancing them where needed).
>

I hadn't heard for wxUniversal, so I decided to take a look. wxUniversal
looks like an *extension* of wxWindows (like wxHTML and other wx
extensions), and *not* a next-generation replacement.

I felt it was important to point this out because wxWindows and SWT are
among the few GUI toolkits that take the native wrapper approach. Doing this
makes it more difficult to port the toolkit to other platforms (which is
why, I believe, that it is an uncommon approach), but I also believe that it
offers many advantages, including my favorite: tight native platform
integration.

The thought that wsWindows might be giving this up made me want to know why.
I am much relieved to find that this is not so.

Curt