Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk+ bindings for obscure languages

[Weiqi Gao <weiqigao a crl com>]

Elliot Lee wrote:
> 
> On 11 Oct 1999 20:28:03 -0400, Weiqi Gao <weiqigao@a.crl.com> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I just joined the list and have a small question:
> >
> >Where can one find detailed information about the general practice of
> >create a language binding for the Gtk+/Gdk/Glib libraries?
> >
> >As you might have imagined, I couldn't find a Gtk+ binding for my
> >favorite language, even though it's now one of the five languages
> >supported by the GNU Compiler Collection, and it ain't FORTRAN.
> >
> >My hope is that creating such a language binding is not a huge
> >undertaking, and I'll create one just for my own use.
> 
> There are more than five languages that I can think of...
> 
> If you mean Ada, then wouldn't http://gtkada.eu.org/ be what you seek?
> 
> If you mean Chill, you have to figure out how to use a C function from Chill, and also
> how the concept of an object maps to the language, and then just start chugging away at
> making bindings (or, alternately, write a program to do it for you :).
> 
> -- Elliot                                       http://developer.gnome.org/

Thanks for the reply.  The language I'm talking about is Java.  And I
asked the question simply because I didn't see a Java binding on the
front page of the GTK+ page.

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Weiqi Gao
weiqigao@a.crl.com