[Scummvm-devel] Re: 16 bit graphics: Thoughts on how to implement it

[Per Wigren]

There are quite a few crossplatform widgetlibraries for SDL here:
http://www.libsdl.org/libraries.php
The most popular and complete one is ParaGUI: http://www.paragui.org

Here are some nice screenshots of in-game-dialogs using ParaGUI:
http://www.bms-austria.com/projects/paragui/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showgall&gid=5

// Wigren


Wednesday 24 July 2002 18.54 skrev Lionel Ulmer:
> > In fact, why implement our own GUI at all? Why not just use host
> > widgetry? Admittedly, this wouldn't work on systems without a widget
> > set, such as the Dreamcast, but they could easily do their own thing.
>
> Well, the biggest problem I see here would be that you won't be able to use
> SDL anymore for cross platform development... AFAIK, there does NOT exist
> any 'GtkSDLWidget' nor a Windows SDL 'class' or whatever it's called to
> embed an SDL application in a Widget on Unix or Windows.
>
> And the GL full screen thing won't work anymore either using native
> widgets.
>
>                       Lionel