From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D77DBC6B for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:24:32 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAN+QD0fAXQInh2dsb2JhbACOTQEBAQgKKQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,269,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="2949026" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Oct 2007 00:24:32 +0200 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9CMOVoQ013540 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:24:32 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAKKQD0cjCUuBn2dsb2JhbACOTQEBAQEHBAYJCBg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,269,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="17927680" Received: from sys29.mail.msu.edu ([35.9.75.129]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 13 Oct 2007 00:24:31 +0200 Received: from c-67-162-221-73.hsd1.mi.comcast.net ([67.162.221.73] helo=[192.168.1.4]) by sys29.mail.msu.edu with esmtpsa (Exim 4.63 #1) (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) id 1IgSvl-0000Sl-JH for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:24:29 -0400 Message-ID: <470FF3F5.1040404@msu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:23:49 -0400 From: Jeff Shaw User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: A labltk book? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus: None found by Clam AV X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 470FF41F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; labltk:01 wiki:01 labltk:01 0100,:01 ocaml:01 8.5:98 8.5:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 native:03 programming:03 gui:03 apps:04 apps:04 imo:04 Tk 8.5 will make extensive use of native widgets. Tile is being merged with Tk in 8.5, which appears to be in beta. http://wiki.tcl.tk/11075 When Tk 8.5 is release I'll be looking into updating Labltk to use the new widgets. >On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 07:43:32AM +0100, Jon Harrop wrote: >> On Friday 12 October 2007 05:50:58 Jeff Shaw wrote: >> > I'm wondering if there's much of a market for a proper Labltk book? >> I'd love a book on GUI programming with OCaml! Is LabkGTK2 more >> popular than LablTK? > >Probably. Its widgets are also much nicer looking, and apps written >with it don't look jarringly out of place on a modern desktop the way >Tk apps do. (All IMO, of course.)