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Subject: Re: Setup window size: a suggestion
From: Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Don Dwiggins <dond AT advancedmp DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 11 Sep 2002 01:24:27 +1000
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On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 01:02, Don Dwiggins wrote:
> I'm not familiar with the code and issues surrounding setup, but I just h=
ad
> a thought:
>=20
> It may be overkill for the problem, but how about using wxWindows for the
> setup GUI (http://www.wxwindows.org/)?  It has layout managers to handle
> resizing, and there are tools available to help design the windows (altho=
ugh
> I've found in using wxPython that it's pretty easy, using the managers, t=
o
> compose a window from a pencil sketch.  In fact, one could prototype the
> application in wxPython, then do the final coding in C++ to eliminate the
> Python dependency.)

WxWindows is waaay to heavy for setup. If I was interested in using a
different toolkit to win32, it'd be fltk (for setup, not as a general
rule).

Thanks for the thought though.

Rob

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