[lazarus] native Win32 Interface

[cryst]

I spent some time trying to get the win version to 
compile. After a frustrating week I gave up. (My time is also limited as well so 
my contributions wouldn't have been too great anyway). 
 
I've been thinking over the last few months of a 
way to greatly increase the scope of Lazarus.  When I first joined this 
mailing list, it was because there was no such animal as Kylix and I greatly 
desired the ability to compile the same code on Windows and linux and use Delphi 
(or something like it) to do it.  To me if I just wanted to code in Windows 
I'd use native windows tools... If I wanted to code in Linux I'd use native 
Linux tools. The strength that Lazarus can have is in it's abiltity to be able 
to compile in both environments.
 
To do this, originally the GTK API was to be the 
interface to the Gui. This works with the gimp so I could see no reason for it 
not to work with Lazuras. Turns out it's harder then it looks 
(apparently).  My suggestion is that the whole group code towards 
wxWindows. This api was created specifically to allow different OS's to run the 
same interface code. If the whole group had wxWindows at the same level that 
Lazarus is at with gtk then windows support, (and Mac and others as well) would 
already be present. The wxWindows is Open source and could use a nice 
programming environment (like Lazarus) to support it.
 
What do you think?
 
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From: 
  <A title=gerry_ferdinandus at hotmail.com 
  href="">Gerry Ferdinandus 
  To: <A title=lazarus at miraclec.com 
  href="">lazarus at miraclec.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 8:12 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [lazarus] native Win32 
  Interface
  You are right. :-)Limited CVS access to win32 interface 
  module is a better way to do this thing.But first I want to see if 
  I can team up some win32 programmer so I can start some private 
  discussions about the problem we are facing now.The priority 
  etc.So I will wait for  'private' E-mail response.In the 
  mean time I will proceed with the 'study' of the win32 and GTK 
  interface.Maybe this effort will fail.But time will 
  tell.Gerry Ferdinandus>From: Florian Klaempfl <<A 
  href="">Florian.Klaempfl at gmx.de>>Reply-To: 
  lazarus at miraclec.com>To: <A 
  href="">lazarus at miraclec.com>Subject: 
  Re: [lazarus] native Win32 Interface>Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:25:11 
  +0200>>At 13:16 27.08.2002 +0200, you wrote:>>Send 
  update as ONE TEAM to Mattias Gaertner? for CVS update.>>I think 
  if Martin knows that you work seriously you'll get cvs write access >as 
  well.>It makes the work for you and Martin easier 
  :)>>_________________________________________________________________>     
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