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| C++ Wrappers for Allegro GUI |
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Dave Youcanthaveit
Member #2,621
August 2002
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Hi there. I was wondering if anyone knew of some good C++ wrappers for at least the allegro GUI if not all of allegro. I've found some, but they don't compile under the DJGPP (with gcc 3.1) even, and I prefer MSVC. (They use multiline strings, for one.) I also remember that a while back there were some C++ wrappers for the whole of allegro, but I can't find them anywhere on the net anymore... At least not with google. I believe that good C++ wrappers could seriously improve the programability of allegro's GUI. As it is, even with a slightly less than simple dialog, my code ends up getting rather spaghetti-ish... I'm trying to use the allegro GUI to implement a tiled map editor for my game, and I'm expecting around 5-10 dialogs... I've completed one of them and I'm not looking forward to the others. Any ideas anyone? If not the location of some C++ wrappers for the GUI, perhaps at least some tips at keeping things clean would be usefull (for instance, syncronizing a d_text_proc with a global string, without having to look up the control in the dialog). Thanks |
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DanielH
Member #934
January 2001
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There aren't any. About the only c++ wrapper that is out thes is for the 'basic graphics drawing'. But I think it lost a home, because it's no longer in the depot. |
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phate
Member #2,235
April 2002
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Mars
Member #971
February 2001
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Aren't games that use Allegro wrappers of Allegro? Bang! Nevertheless, you shouldn't forget that Allegro adds unique functionality as well, even if it just works as a DirectX wrapper. Allegro GUIs in C++ sound a little better than the C dialogs: The whole polymorphism etc comes out much clearer in a C++ and helps a lot with developing user interfaces. -- |
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amarillion
Member #940
January 2001
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Yes, allegro can be considered a wrapper, but that doesn't mean that you're not allowed to make a wrapper for allegro. You can make a wrapper for a wrapper for a wrapper for a wrapper if you like it better that way;D -- |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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About the C++ GUI wrapper: I wrote one! Actually it's not yet finnished (about 90%). Now I just need to get myself a website and then I'll release it. It has (or will have) a few quite nice features like skinning support, a wrapper for timers, fully functional windows, a console widget, etc. -- |
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gillius
Member #119
April 2000
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miran if the lib is really decent, I may host the file. I don't know how much room I have left though. I would love to see a C++ GUI lib. I was going to use lexgui... What I want is a better interface, and what I NEED is something skinnable because I don't want my game's GUI looking like crap. Gillius |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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I don't know how you define decent but I can tell you that it runs fast enough (on modern systems) it is quite stable and the skinning part is very flexible. There are just a few things that I haven't done properly yet (like windows). I call it about 90% finnished plus there's a lot of testing and bugfixing still to do. As for the web page, I installed Dreamweaver just yesterday and I think I'm gonna be able whip something up in a day or two. I'll announce it on these pages. EDIT: As promised I made me a website and released my library there. The lib is called MASkinG (Miran Amon's Skinnable GUI Library) and ou can get it here. -- |
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