OpenSoft's Free Pascal
Widget Set
Author: Graeme Geldenhuys (graemeg at gmail dot com)
Introduction
The first version of my widget set was
based around a heavily modified LPTK.
I then discovered the discontinued fpGUI
and fpGFX
projects. I tried to contact the original author to no avail. The
fpGUI code hasn't been touched since early 2002. After studying the
code for a few weeks, I came to the conclusion that fpGUI is much
closer to what I strived to accomplish with my modified LPTK. A lot
was still missing from fpGUI though.
After thinking long and hard, I decided to
start my widget set again, but this time based on
the work done in fpGUI and fpGFX (after all, why reinvent the wheel).
I also added to the mix some good ideas I saw in Qt 4.1. So far I
have completed quite a few things missing in fpGUI, but I still need
to do a lot to get to the point where I left off in my first attempt
using LPTK. I set myself a list of things outstanding which should
get it to a usable level. I also added a lot of documentation as I
went (yes a programmer that documents) as there was no documentation
included with fpGUI and fpGFX. Documenation is important to attract
other developers in using the widget set.
So I guess you can say I am creating a fpGUI version 2. :-)