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From: Bob Weiner <weiner@infodock.com>
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In-reply-to: <199703171533.HAA00276@newman> (wmperry@aventail.com)
Subject: Re: XEmacs needs a GUI toolkit interface.

>>>>> "WMP" == William M Perry <wmperry@aventail.com> writes:

   WMP> What would be great is a real elisp interface to something like a
   WMP> real GUI toolkit, able to specify callbacks, etc.  Building on the
   WMP> Perl/Tk code would be nice.  Either that, or we need better widgets,
   WMP> and the ability to embed them in a buffer.  `widget' is cool now, but
   WMP> it would be nice to have something like a _real_ listbox, tree
   WMP> control, etc.

I wholeheartedly agree.  InfoDock Associates would like to help coordinate
such a project.  We have one talented developer in mind right now who
is highly knowledgable in X, Lisp, and GUIs in general.  Although
the software could be freely distributable, the development still requires
resources.  We could get this started in a concerted way if a few companies
kicked in at least $5k a piece, in exchange for early access to the
software before it is released.

Volunteers are also welcome if you can commit some fixed amount of time
per week to work on this project.

Right now, I think TK is probably a good way to go because it is portable
and has a fairly rich set of widgets and multiple language bindings.

If you seriously want this stuff, get serious about it.  If not, we can
wait and see what turns up.

Bob

