From: Clifford Heath Date: 2002-07-31T09:17:17+09:00 Subject: Re: wxWindows for ruby Tom Sawyer wrote: > really? that's interesting and sounds impressive. Go straight to www.trolltech.com and download yourself the Unix source code or binary (if you have Debian or RedHat you'll find packages in those dists). Do not pass go. Consider getting the Windows binary version for evaluation while you're there. And if you need proof of just how good it is, try a copy of the Opera web browser for your favourite platform - it's built in Qt. > So if i'm running under qt You don't "run under" Qt - it's a toolkit not a windowing environment. > the app looks and behaves as if it were a qt app, but if i'm > running under windows, the same app looks and behaves as if it were a > windows app. Qt mimics Motif and Windows and IMO does better than native at implementing each. > essentially "platform mimicry" vs. "platform parley". the > later is what wxWindows does. but i've never seen a GUI system do the > former. The latter is what OpenUI did too, but there are a number of examples which have taken the mimicry path. Have a (long) read of the platform-independent GUI faq at . -- Clifford Heath