[plt-scheme] GUI builder ?

If you know the world.ss teachpack (for teaching freshmen), imagine
a similar teachpack for GUIs instead of just graphics. I think that's
what you want and it's far more elegant than Basic. -- Matthias




On Dec 12, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Ivan Altaparmakov wrote:

> My tought was that it will be good if learning of GUI building
> is put in erlier stage of learning - before object system.
> It is more exciting to print and input to/from graphical form and  
> controls
> insteoad of console and if this printing is as easy as to console.
> Justbasic had done this in easy way and in way similar to scheme  
> sending
> commands to objects.
> Lerning object system would be done later.
>
>  Few lines of code :
>
>      print #main, "font ms_sans_serif 0 16" - sends command to main  
> form
> to set the font
>      print #main.textbox3, "!contents? value$" sends command to  
> textbox2 of main
> form to store contents of the text field in value$ variable i.e.  
> inputs value
> from text box control
>      print #main.statictext2, value$  - prints value of variable  
> value4 to the
> statictext of main form
>
> this is just print and input and no object system , but better then  
> console.
>
> here the hole text which is generated automaticaly except 2 lines :
>
>
>     nomainwin
>
>     WindowWidth = 550
>     WindowHeight = 410
>
>     button #main.button1, "Button Caption", [button1Click], UL, 26,  
> 16, 122, 25
>     statictext #main.statictext2, "StaticText Caption", 22, 56,  
> 144, 20
>     textbox #main.textbox3, 30, 86, 100, 25
>     open "untitled" for window as #main
>     print #main, "font ms_sans_serif 0 16"
>
>
> [main.inputLoop]   'wait here for input event
>     wait
>
> [button1Click]   'Perform action for the button named 'button1'
>     'Insert your own code here
>     print #main.textbox3, "!contents? value$"
>     print #main.statictext2, value$
>     wait
>
>
>
>
>
>> Of interest, I see GUIbuilder as a way of learning the object  
>> system.  (and
>> also as a way of refactoring hand written GUI code into something  
>> readable.)
>>
>> Corey
>>
>> -- 
>> ((lambda (y) (y y)) (lambda (y) (y y)))
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