Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.stack.nl!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Willem Newsgroups: comp.programming Subject: Re: multi-platform GUI front end? Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:11:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Stack Usenet News Service Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: turtle.stack.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: mud.stack.nl 1348607482 82269 2001:610:1108:5010::132 (25 Sep 2012 21:11:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@stack.nl NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:11:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (FreeBSD) Xref: csiph.com comp.programming:2247 Mark Storkamp wrote: ) I've written a non-interactive command line utility that I use for ) manipulating 3D model files. I wrote it in C under OSX, and it also ) compiles and runs on Windows. I'm happy with it just as it is, but ) others have started using it too and they are not happy with having to ) type out command line arguments such as --yrotate=5.4 etc. Rather than ) rewrite it separately for OSX and Windows to use dialog boxes, I would ) rather just write a front-end for it in a language that will run as-is ) on Linux, Mac and Windows. But I don't know what language that would be. ) Possibly something that runs in a browser? I desperately need ) suggestions. Thanks. You mean something like perl, python, ruby or similar? Any of those is suitable, and there aren't any major differences, as far as I know. Also, C# with .net/mono could be a reasonable alternative, keeping you in the C-like languages. Also, you coult look at gtk, which I think is ported to windows and osx as well, and which is C-based. SaSW, Willem -- Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements made in the above text. For all I know I might be drugged or something.. No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you ! #EOT