Re: [ROOT] Progress of port of ROOT native GUI to Windows...

From: Nick van Eijndhoven (Nick@phys.uu.nl)
Date: Tue May 15 2001 - 17:18:51 MEST


Hi Fons,
I don't know what you mean by "the new TreeViewer", but under
windows 98 the TreeViewer of ROOT 3.00/06 works quite well.

                                        Cheers,
                                         Nick.

Fons Rademakers wrote:
> 
> Hi Valery,
> 
>   the "Inspector" currently looks just like the one in the X11 version.
> However, the goal of the exercise is of course to redesign all currently
> primitive attribute panels and inspector windows to use the new ROOT GUI.
> Which then will work the same on X and Win32 (like the new TreeViewer,
> which currently only works on X11).
> 
> Since pure Win32 is being used I don't see any particular problems in
> integrating specific windows features like ActiveROOT or the interface
> to OpenInventor.
> 
> Betrand will not be in charge of Windows support, but I gues he will be
> answering questions and fix bugs related to his work, like I hope you
> will also continue doing.
> 
> Cheers, Fons.
> 
> Valeri Fine wrote:
> >
> > Hello, Fons
> >
> > Can you show how "Inpector" and "Open viewer" windows
> > look like with new ROOT
> >
> > Can you say whether it is comaptible with ActiveROOT.
> > Does this means Betrand Bellenot  is the person in charge
> > to provide the Windows 9x/NT/2k support as well.
> >
> >                                                 Cheers, Valeri
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Fons Rademakers" <Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch>
> > To: "Nick van Eijndhoven" <Nick@phys.uu.nl>
> > Cc: "ROOT Mailing List" <roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 6:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ROOT] Progress of port of ROOT native GUI to Windows...
> >
> > > Hi Nick,
> > >
> > >    when we will release it only the new GUI will be available, however,
> > > since nothing except the lowlevel graphics has been changed (below the
> > > pad and canvas), there should be no changes in the graphics. Anyway you
> > > can always run an old version next to a new version.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Fons.
> > >
> > >
> > > Nick van Eijndhoven wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear Fons and Bertrand,
> > > > CONGRATULATIONS !
> > > > This indeed looks good. As soon as a first (pre)release is available
> > > > please let me know so that I can start trying things out.
> > > > >From your mail I understand that no additional libs are needed, just
> > the
> > > > standard WIN32 API. Does this mean that in the pre-release one can
> > > > have available both the ROOT GUI and the win graphics as they are now ?
> > > > If that is the case it would be very convenient to compare the two
> > > > running various analysis/test programs under windows.
> > > >
> > > >                                                  Cheers,
> > > >                                                   Nick.
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > Fons Rademakers wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear ROOTers,
> > > > >
> > > > >   at the ROOT 2000 Workshop Betrand Bellenot volunteered to attempt to
> > port
> > > > > the ROOT native GUI to Windows. After some false starts he is now,
> > since a
> > > > > few months, on the right track and progressing at a good pace. The
> > screenshots
> > > > > at
> > > > >
> > > > > http://root.cern.ch/root/win32progress/Win32GUI.html
> > > > >
> > > > > give a good idea of the current status. The port uses the low level
> > Win32
> > > > > graphics API and does not make use of any X11 compatibily library and
> > does
> > > > > not require an X server. As you can see the look on Windows is exactly
> > the
> > > > > same as on Unix and MacOS X. Once this work is finished, the ROOT GUI
> > classes
> > > > > can be used as a truely cross-platform GUI framework.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers, Fons.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > >
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