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

["Jim DeLisle" <jDeLisle%swellsoftware.com@localhost>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-embed-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost 
> [mailto:tech-embed-owner%NetBSD.org@localhost] On Behalf Of Marcin M. Jessa
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 3:35 AM
> To: Magnus Eriksson
> Cc: tech-embed%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: What GUI toolkit to use for an embedded system?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 

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