c31460@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Paul SPEE) (12/12/90)
Does anyone know a good graphical library providing a window environment without using MS-windows. Paul Spee (spee@jrdc.go.jp)
jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) (12/13/90)
I have heard that the new GeosWorks for DOS is pretty nice, but mostly what I see are window managers based on the Metawindows C-library. Metawindows ships a free demonstration, and it is a REAL fast and small library of awesome graphics routines. WNDX is one of the names that I can remember that uses Metawindows. Metawindows is $99 mail order for one language, and it uses a loadable TSR. The option for the linkable libraries is about 250 I believe. WNDX and the other GUIs are about 150+ each but usually are pretty nice. If you are using C++, I would NOT recommend the Zinc Interface Library. It was VERY kludgy looking, and looked like hell to program.