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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "D. Huizenga" <skis AT concentric DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:16:39 +0000
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Subject: Re: Allegro -- any interest in a Win95 look-alike GUI
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"D. Huizenga" <skis AT concentric DOT net> wrote:

> As much as I like the old Atari GEM style GUI that comes with Allegro,
> (I happen to own an Atari STe ;-), I am curious as to weather or not
> anyone would be interested in a WIN-95 look-alike replacement for it. 
> I've rewritten the drawing routines on several of the d_xxxxxx_proc's
> that come with Allegro to look like Windoze, and wonder if it is worth
> my time to do the rest of them.. I am also considering adding an
> HSCROLL/VSCROLL object if anyone is interested.  By the way, I should
> add that while they do not flicker, they are generally slower to draw
> than the ones that come with allegro, as their appearance is slightly
> more complex. They take 5-25 FPS off of my 3-D tunnel program, depending
> upon the speed of the computer. It gets about 90 FPS w/ them on, 105 -
> 110 W/O on my P-166.

Ok, but I think you could coordinate efforts with:

<p><IMG SRC="wb.gif" alt="*" Width=14 Height=14> <a
href="http://www.netunlimited.net/~gilley">G_Window System v1.47</a> beta by <a
href="mailto:gilley AT netunlimited DOT net">Sean Gilley</a> is a GUI that uses C++
objects for all widgets based on <A HREF="l5.html#allegro">Allegro</a> 2.2, 256
colors with palette converter, builtin gif support, 3d look, screen shots on the
web page. A hello world program needs 9 lines. Sources.</p>

I creates a Windows 95 GUI style on top of Allegro (you can get or share 
routines and sprites). 

<P><IMG SRC="wb.gif" alt="*" Width=14 Height=14> <A
HREF="http://huizen.dds.nl/~deleveld/index.htm">DEGUI</A> by <a
href="mailto:D DOT J DOT Eleveld AT anest DOT azg DOT nl">Doug Eleveld</a> is a C++ wrapper for the
<A HREF="l5.html#allegro">Allegro</A> GUI objects, plus a GUI builder program.
It produces a very pretty interface. Now version 1.21 available.</P>

It also redefines the d_xxxx routines to create a better look and can be used 
just to make what you want. So perhaps you can make your code like an add-on 
for DEGUI or something similar.

Just some ideas.

SET


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