Re: What GUI toolkit to use for an embedded system?

["Marcin M. Jessa" <lists%yazzy.org@localhost>]

Magnus Eriksson wrote:
> Does anyone here have any suggestions for a good GUI toolkit (such as 
> GTK, Qt, etc) suitable for an embedded system?
>
>
> Small size is obviously of interest, but the intended target is a 
> prototype and we should have a fair bit of headroom.
>
> I've been thinking about using Python for the GUI bit at least for 
> now, in order to get something up and running quickly, but that could 
> be negotiable.
>
>
> Already settled on py-qt, but it turned out not to work on my desktop 
> machine due to a missing dependency.  That, in turn, has another 
> dependency - which won't compile.  That made me think that perhaps 
> this is the place for something smaller and simpler with fewer moving 
> parts.
>
>
> [ I'm sure that GTK is worth the trouble for desktop apps, but perhaps 
> not if all you need are buttons for a user to push and some general 
> status indicators.  (Time and temperature readouts, and that sort of 
> thing.) ]
>
>
> MAgnus
I'd take a look at the new Enlightenment - E17 code [1]. It's portable, 
fast and
looks awesome. It's better explained here [2].
And here [3] you've some info of Enlightenment running on embedded devices.
We have e17 in wip if you want to give it a try on your desktop.


[1]: http://www.enlightenment.org/
[2]: http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=about/efl&l=en
[3]: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7635920803.html



Cheers,
Marcin.