Hi Nathaniel,
I would be happy to join your project, however… I have my own. For SDL 1.2 I created and published a GUI toolkit called SDL-Widgets, and I used it for several of my own projects. I’m redesigning it now for SDL2, which is ‘interesting’ because SDL2 is a totally different beast compared to SDL 1.2, at least if you want to use hardware acceleration too.
By the way: why do you want to use C? C++ is so much easier and more robust.
wboe
I pre-emptively suggest that any discussion on this point is taken off list ;)…On Thu,? 6 Sep 2012, 08:00:20 BST, wboe <w.boeke at upcmail.nl> wrote:
By the way: why do you want to use C? C++ is so much easier and more
robust.
You making this cross platform? If so I could probably help out a bit on OSX and iOS
Nathaniel J Fries wrote:> A few days ago I started writing a UI library for SDL2 in C.
I’m not typically a C programmer, can only test on Windows, and work full-time; so development would go painfully slow on my own. I figured I’d reach out and see if anyone else wanted to assist.
I have created a project on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sdlui/
By the way: why do you want to use C? C++ is so much easier and more
robust.
wboe, you’ll probably find that many people do not like C++ because it
generally means less control over how the code is executed, and if you keep
going to C#, it’s even worse. C++ may give you classes and polymorphism,
but these things are simple enough to emulate in C.
-Alex
Hi
Although Tim Agnus seems to dislike it, I stil want to reply to Alex.
wboe, you’ll probably find that many people do not like C++ because it generally means less control over how the code is executed, and if you keep going to C#, it’s even worse. C++ may give you classes and polymorphism, but these things are simple enough to emulate in C.
Don’t forget that you can write pure C code in a C++ program, so no less control. You also could avoid exceptions and STL constructs. Of course you can emulate classes and polymorphism in C, but your code will be a lot messier then needed, see e.g. gtk and even SDL. At that there is one modern feature in C++ that is very convenient for a toolkit designer: lambda functions. You can specify them in the parameter list of functions and constructors, and you don’t have to invent function names for them. When you understand C++, then writing C feels like being double left-handed!
Regards,
wboe
It really depends on the programmer. Many programmers are left-handed and
would thrive with two left hands!
Jonny DOn Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:11 AM, wboe <w.boeke at upcmail.nl> wrote:
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HiAlthough Tim Agnus seems to dislike it, I stil want to reply to Alex.
Quote:
wboe, you’ll probably find that many people do not like C++ because it
generally means less control over how the code is executed, and if you keep
going to C#, it’s even worse. C++ may give you classes and polymorphism,
but these things are simple enough to emulate in C.Don’t forget that you can write pure C code in a C++ program, so no less
control. You also could avoid exceptions and STL constructs. Of course you
can emulate classes and polymorphism in C, but your code will be a lot
messier then needed, see e.g. gtk and even SDL. At that there is one modern
feature in C++ that is very convenient for a toolkit designer: lambda
functions. You can specify them in the parameter list of functions and
constructors, and you don’t have to invent function names for them. When
you understand C++, then writing C feels like being double left-handed!Regards,
wboe
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I think this is why there was a preemptive request to move this off-list 
The hardcore on each side are just not going to agree which language is
the best. Better to just avoid the discussion entirely.
BTW, I feel that C++ is more suited to GUI-related stuff, but that C has
its place too. I use both, but I never emulate C++ in C; in that case you
might as well just use C++.
SAOn September 6, 2012 10:52:38 AM Jonathan Dearborn wrote:
It really depends on the programmer. Many programmers are left-handed
and would thrive with two left hands!