From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 1 04:45:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA13686 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 04:45:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA13680 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 04:45:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id XAA29703 for hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:15:02 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199612011245.XAA29703@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: text, menu/dialog/windowing, library, ideas? To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:15:01 +1030 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Argh! Aren't there _any_ decent, simple, text windowing libraries out there? I've looked at : - libdialog (of sysinstall fame) - 'SAA' (from an obscure german FTP site) - D-Flat Each of these falls short of expectations in one or more important fashions. libdialog is zorklike, and Jordan gives off bad emanations about it. 'SAA' has a hideously unfriendly interface metaphor, and D-Flat is a DOS monster written with no regard for structure, documentation or portability. Has anyone written or used a CUA-style package that offers the basic stuff; a menubar, popup dialogs, form entry etc.? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[