Betreff: Re: [GEM Development] Re: GEM programming tutorial

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear Robert:

That's what I was asking about in my question letter. Do "WE" (i.e.
GEM-DEVelopers) have the source that is in the back of that book in
text form?

Also, you have a GERMAN version of the book? Hmmm. A Local
(Evanston IL) public library - currently on loan ot ME! :-) - has
the English ed. I was wondering if it'd be worthwhile to OCR it
(someday).

Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton


--- Robert Flossmann <robert.flossmann at lycos.de> wrote:

> I have the German edition of "Programmer's Guide to GEM" by
> Phillip Balma
> and William Fitler. While I'd like to keep the book, I'm willing
> to loan it
> to somebody willing to pay for the shipping. 
>  
> Robert
>  
> -------Originalmeldung-------
>  
> Von: John Elliott
> Datum: 12/22/05 03:02:16
> An: gem-dev at simpits.org
> Betreff: Re: [GEM Development] Re: GEM programming tutorial
>  
> : Another thing I'd like to see is an EASY and SIMPLE way to
> program in
> : GEM.  The example source code in the SDK is huge and I think
> that it
> : could be much simpler.  For example, a hello world program for
> the
> : console is a few lines, but about 200 lines in GEM.  It'd be
> nice to
> : see a programming library for GEM that simplifies this; IIRC it
> is
> : even much easier to program in GTK+.  I'm not sure if it is
> complex if
> : one is using PASCAL, but at least it seems complex in C.
>  
>   The complexity of saying hello is something of a red herring.
> If you want
> Hello World, you can do one of them with something like:
>  
> GEMAIN()
> {
>   appl_init();
>   form_alert(1, ADDR("[0][Hello World][ OK ]"));
>   appl_exit();
> }
>  
>   but the HELLO sample is a lot more complicated for good reason;
> it's
> demonstrating programming techniques that you might actually need
> to use
> in GEM applications, such as opening a window, handling messages
> from it,
> repainting bits that get trodden on, drawing in the window using
> VDI calls,
> and the difference between a desk accessory and a standalone
> program.
>  
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