Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: Windows UI

[John McDermott <jjm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:
> I.e., let's not abandon thoughts of allowing Ethereal to use the native
> Windows widgets, as I definitely see that approach as having value:

Yes there is value in that approach.  I just would not like to see it be
the *only* approach.

> (I cannot be argued out of thinking it's an approach worth looking at.
> I can, at most, be argued into allowing Ethereal to continue to be built
> using GTK+ on Windows if we also allow it to be built with native
> widgets.)

And that is all I was suggesting.  I am aware that some users may prefer
the Win32 look.  Maybe a lot prefer it.  I see nothing wrong with
looking into it or even making it the default.  But I like setting my
own styles.  It would be very nice if there were a very full-featured
cross-platform GUI so everything could be created to look the same on
both platforms.  I understand wxWindows might fit that bill, but I have
not programmed using it.  I have also heard of efforts to use XML
descriptions of GUIs, but I do not know of a cross-platform one and I
think it might be tough for something like Ethereal.  I have also heard
rumors of creating cross-OS GUIs using Java to create a GUI that then
calls C functions to do the work.  I have no pointers to such things,
though.

--john

BTW, my gtk theme on Linux is close to Eazel-Blue: I do not see boxes
around buttons.

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