QTools as a cross-platform backend?

[Stas Boukarev]

I don't think mcclim would use the widgets provided by qt, so it
doesn't need to interface with the object model provided by commonqt.
You would just need a way to output things on screen, render fonts and
receive input events. Can do that more efficiently with a simple c++
wrapper.

On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 12:46 PM Orm Finnendahl
<orm.finnendahl at selma.hfmdk-frankfurt.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  if QT was regarded as an option, CommonQt would probably be the more
> obvious choice for a CLIM Backend to avoid multiple layers of
> abstraction. In addition CommonQt (and Qtools) currently is stuck with
> Qt4 and I'm not aware there are any efforts to port it to Qt5.
>
> --
> Orm
>
> Am Montag, den 06. Januar 2020 um 22:53:35 Uhr (+0100) schrieb Daniel Kochmański:
> > Hey,
> >
> >
> > mike thomas writes:
> >
> > > Hi there
> > >
> > > I'm not a member of this list - couldn't find how to subscribe - so
> > > apologies for directly sending.
> >
> > you may subscribe here:
> > https://mailman.common-lisp.net/listinfo/mcclim-devel
> >
> > >
> > > I just have two questions:
> > >
> > > Has consideration been given to basing a back-end on QTools?
> >
> > No, QTools never came up as a proposed backend. We did consider
> > cross-platform libraries as backends though. I think that the most
> > likely SDL backend will be implemented at some point of time.
> >
> > >> Does it have
> > > potential to do the job, or is it better to work directly through native OS
> > > capabilities.
> >
> > I would be surprised if it couldn't do a job. I don't know this library
> > but it seems to be a layer on top of CommonQt which is pretty complete
> > to my knowledge.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Mike Thomas
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Daniel
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Kochmański ;; aka jackdaniel | Przemyśl, Poland
> > TurtleWare - Daniel Kochmański      | www.turtleware.eu
> >
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> >
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