Re: GUI Framework Options

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@gmail.com>]

On 08.10.2018 18:20, Mike Gran wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2018 at 08:53:03PM +0200, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote:
>> Hello Guile Users,
>>
>> Is there somewhere a list of all GUI frameworks one can use with Guile
>> 2.2.3 or 2.2.4 (I think 2.2.4 is latest stable)?
>>
>> I tried getting Guile Gnome (https://www.gnu.org/software/guile-gnome/)
>> to work, but failed multiple times. I liked GTK in Python 3, that's why
>> I looked for GTK bindings for Guile. If necessary I could try getting it
>> working again and then post any errors or problems I run into to the
>> mailing list and maybe someone will know how to get it working.
>>
>> Which good alternatives (stable?) exist in the Guile ecosystem?
> The short answer is that there is nothing of production quality at the
> moment, if the GTK2 bindings are insufficient.  The GTK2 bindings are
> reportedly pretty good, but, I haven't tried them.
>
> There has been some work on reviving the GTK3 or GObject bindings, and
> there are many pieces that are complete; but, there is no complete,
> documented, and tested library that you can import today.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Gran
>

Hey,

I've used GTK3 only before, but perhaps I've used little of the newer
features compared to GTK2. I will have to look up examples. I remember
the GTK3 demo application to be quite impressive though.

Thanks for your reply!

Regards,
Zelphir