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Date:Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:05:01 +0000 (UTC) 
Subject:Re: 15.53 - Windows Installer Available 
From:bfulg 
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> >1.  They aren't built against current libraries, so
> >you have to install old libraries like termcat and
> >libc5.
> 
> There is a version of Poplog built against libc5. I
> believe Stephen 
> Isard maintains it. I thought that most (if not all)
> of the current 
> Linux versions of Poplog were built against newer
> versions of the C 
> library?

Right -- the problem is that termcap is generally a
lib c5 executable.  Most Linux systems use terminfo
with ncurses.

> Console-based VED was developed against termcap. I
> haven't looked into 
> whether there is a simple, low-cost upgrade path to
> something more 
> current. What does Linux use nowadays? Curses
> (question, not a comment)? 

Yes -- ncurses with the terminfo database.

> >4.  A GNUstep binding might be a better use of
 time,
> >since this would provide a Linux and a Mac OS
> >X-compatible GUI toolset.
> 
> What about Windows? I know that the word is not
> popular, but I'd be 
> reluctant to support any movement that chose to
> exclude any platform. 

GNUstep works on Windows, but is not well optimized
and provides unfamiliar-looking widgets.

After I wrote this, I thought I remembered that Poplog
could bind with C++.  That might make wxWindows a good
deal, since it's Free (as in Speech and Beer), and
provides native look-and-feel on MacOS, Unix/Linux,
and Windows.

-Brent