Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:14:23 +0200
From: Alexander Bokovoy <bokovoy AT bspu DOT ac DOT by>
Reply-To: Alexander Bokovoy <bokovoy AT bspu DOT ac DOT by>
Organization: BSPU named after Maxim Tank
Message-ID: <14509.980601@bspu.unibel.by>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Two Sword Questions
References: <19980530 DOT 224945 DOT 4630 DOT 2 DOT matthew DOT krause AT juno DOT com>
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In letter dated 31.05.98, Matthew wrote:
> I recently downloaded S.W.O.R.D. from simtelnet, and compiled the sample
> programs. And after some installation trouble (the directions in the
> readme.1st file say to set GRXFONT=D:/SWORD/fonts which doesn't exist, so
> I got the fonts from grx22 (the old one), I made the samples, and was
> quite impressed with what I saw. There were however, two questions I need
> answered.
As I understand, you have downloaded SWORD 2.1. It has some
bugs/misfeatures. I suggest you to download newer SWORD 2.50 (or SWORD
3.0beta04 but it doesn't support graphics gadgets under DJGPP yet).
SWORD 2.50 much more stable and improved version which uses standard
DJGPP installation and works well.
> First, does everyone I give my program to also need to have the /fonts
> directory and GRXFONT set to it?
You can point this variable to standard GRX fonts directory such as
%DJDIR%/contrib/grx/fonts
> Secondly, I'm not very good with C++ (alright, I'm downright bad!!). Is
> it necessary to use C++ with S.W.O.R.D? If so, is there a comparable
> windowing library?
SWORD is a set of C++ classes, so you should use C++ with SWORD :-).
There is another windowing library called MGUI which is written on C
and has C++ API wrapping. MGUI has no free sources. (Try to search in
archives for Morello MGUI to find its URL).

Regards,
Alexander Bokovoy, <bokovoy AT bspu DOT unibel DOT by>
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