[C++-sig] FLTK

[David Abrahams]

"William Trenker" <wtrenker at hotmail.com> writes:

> I'm seriously considering doing a Boost.Python extension for the FLTK
> cross-platform GUI (fltk.org).  

I love that idea.  Incidentally, I used to work with Bill Spitzak many
many moons ago.

> This is a big job but I'm able to devote the time.  My
> qualifications are a very good working knowledge of Python, a
> hand-coded Python extension of the SQLite database-engine library
> (sqlite.org), and a crude but working Boost.Python impementation of
> SQLite as well.
>
> FLTK is implemented in C++ and has a well-documented C++ API. I got
> a basic FLTK window up and running in Python with Boost.Python in
> only a day's work (95% of that time learning Boost.Python).

Cool!

> I'm doing this work on the FLTK V2.0 CVS tree.  Just a few days ago
> the FLTK folks restructured the FLTK 2.0 source code to use C++
> namespaces -- they are really taking C++ seriously.  So it seems
> that a Boost.Python extension of FLTK is a "natural" fit.  (I say
> "seems" because any project like this will have lots of forests with
> many hidden trees.)

Probably.  

> I know I'm going to need some help with this.  

Let us know how we can support you.

> So I would appreciate feedback: are my invevitable Boost / Python
> questions appropriate for this mailing list?  

Of course.

> [To the FLTK guru's: I may have a question or 2 for you as well; is
> that appropriate on the FLTK development newsgroup?]
>
> Regards,
> Bill Trenker
> Kelowna, BC, Canada

I visited Kelowna many years ago; it was gorgeous.  Howdy from
Somerville, Mass!

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