- Nov 29, 1999
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I've got a bit of code that compiles and runs in Windows, Windows w/Cygwin, and Linux. It builds a series of static libraries. I've got a little menu-driven console code that simply accepts numbered commands and invokes functions from these libraries and displays results (as text),a s well as writing image files to disk Everything is in ANSI C/C++ and builds with Visual Studio and G++.
Additionally, the libraries are actually creating/editing images (video frames) that I may want to display on screen.
My question is, what would you recommend as the simplest, most straightforward, cross-platform way to get a Window on the screen with a few radio buttons, drop downs, buttons, etc that can invoke those same C-functions from linked static libraries? As a stretch goal, this same window could also display my created images. As a stretch, stretch goal, I'd like to display these images as video frames (>30fps).
I'd really like to be able to include whatever I use as part of the same source code (nothing propriety with restrictive licensing, etc.) so that I have a stand-alone application with no real prerequisites, other than a standard OS-install. Also, I'd really rather not have to develop and test 2 separate code paths (one for Windows and another for Linux.)
I was thinking about maybe just requiring Python on all targets? Using OpenGL with GLUT? Something like Qt/GTK? Java? Some Web interface?
I come back to this every so often. My day job is writing deep algorithmic code for analysis work, so I never deal with outputs, other than dumping large arrays of data to file after hours/days of multi-core processing. So when I get something lighter that could use some GUI-help, I come looking again.. and nothing really looks different that it did before.
Additionally, the libraries are actually creating/editing images (video frames) that I may want to display on screen.
My question is, what would you recommend as the simplest, most straightforward, cross-platform way to get a Window on the screen with a few radio buttons, drop downs, buttons, etc that can invoke those same C-functions from linked static libraries? As a stretch goal, this same window could also display my created images. As a stretch, stretch goal, I'd like to display these images as video frames (>30fps).
I'd really like to be able to include whatever I use as part of the same source code (nothing propriety with restrictive licensing, etc.) so that I have a stand-alone application with no real prerequisites, other than a standard OS-install. Also, I'd really rather not have to develop and test 2 separate code paths (one for Windows and another for Linux.)
I was thinking about maybe just requiring Python on all targets? Using OpenGL with GLUT? Something like Qt/GTK? Java? Some Web interface?
I come back to this every so often. My day job is writing deep algorithmic code for analysis work, so I never deal with outputs, other than dumping large arrays of data to file after hours/days of multi-core processing. So when I get something lighter that could use some GUI-help, I come looking again.. and nothing really looks different that it did before.
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