Hello James,
There are two versions of ROOT to provide that.
One is the based on "gdk" toolkit another one based on
"qt" libraries.
See http://root.bnl.gov
http://root.bnl.gov/QtRoot/QtRoot.html#tguiclass
and
http://acat02.sinp.msu.ru/presentations/fine/Acat2002.ppt
and
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TJM-480C1TX-1
1&_coverDate=04%2F21%2F2003&_alid=89270667&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_q
d=1&_cdi=5314&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_
userid=10&md5=d49cd250beec080958e4c4920aa1f313
Qt version needs still some debugging :-(
That has the advantages:
1.1. It promises one implementation of the TVirtualX class for all
platforms
1.2. That allows the user to create his / her gui by combining
TG< ROOT classes> and those from Troll tech if needed.
(see: http://root.bnl.gov/QtRoot/RootShower/README
http://root.bnl.gov/QtRoot/RootShower/RootShower.png )
1.3. It is fast. So far I did not see any big performance penalty.
Disadvantages:
2.1. One still have to spend some time to make this version up.
(in other words some one should pay for that other with cash
or with his/her spare time)
2.2 The ROOT developer (don't mess with the ROOT users) needs a
Qt license to make it up.
The last constrain is not too bad because the development can be done on
the X11-based platform (it is either UNIX or Cygwin)
This is to say I see no big technical problem to complete that but ...
see p. 2.1. ( So far I have not seen yet a big interest to this job )
May be Rene can provide further information.
My best regards, Valeri
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm just writing to find out the latest news on portable Root
> GUIs. Specifically, I understand at one time there was an effort
> to develop a common Root source tree which builds on Unix and
> Windows, which offers a full implementation of the Root GUI
> classes (TG*) on both architectures, and which does not require
> any other proprietary software (other than the Visual Studio
> compiler to build it.)
>
> Is this in fact the case? If so, what is the timescale for its
> completion? If not, are some other developments in the works
> to support Root GUIs on Windows?
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
> PS: Apologies if there was a recent thread on this subject which I
> somehow missed when I searched the archives...
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