Great! I'll give this a try. Thanks. -s
sent from my droid On Sun, Dec 30, 2018, 23:19 Andrew Williams <a...@andywilliams.me wrote: > Hi, > > For anyone still interested in this project but held back by the EFL build > or runtime dependency then I have good news: > * Our new default driver does not rely on additional libraries * :) > > We have moved to an OpenGL driver - using go-gl and glfw so all you need > is the system libraries - and nothing for the app users to install. > There are a couple of performance issues that we will be working on but it > is currently capable of running all the apps that were written with the > previous driver. > > I hope this is helpful to some folk - apologies for reviving the old > thread. > Andrew > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 23:01 Andrew Williams <handya...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Ah I see what you mean. The cross compiled windows file will rely on the >> efl library, but that can be packaged. This means that it would need to be >> a bigger distribution than just the exe if you want all deps shipped (I’m >> not too familiar with the windows terms yet). >> >> I’ll try and get a document up about distribution which can explain >> better and be kept up to date. >> >> Thanks, >> Andrew >> On 12 Oct 2018, 01:54 +0100, R Srinivasan <s...@srin.me>, wrote: >> >> Thanks a bunch. I will give a serious "go". >> >> Background - a tool that is command line now. Developed on Linux but >> typical user in Windows. Just cross built for windows. Want to add a >> minimal frontend - simple dialog. Being like a calculator - don't want to >> have elaborate "install" procedures. In the case of the cli - one .exe is >> all it takes. >> >> will experiment and report back. >> >> srini >> >> On Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 3:54:29 PM UTC-4, Andrew Williams wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Great questions, thanks! >>> >>> 1. We can bundle in the libraries for Windows and for macOS - but on >>> linux probably not (unless your app is LGPL/GPL due to a licensing issue >>> that I have not found a better solution to). But distribution on Linux it >>> is normal to depend on external libraries :). >>> There will be a tool included to package final binaries, but I have not >>> got it to a satisfactory level to share yet. >>> >>> 2. Yes, we should be able to do cross-compilation using the standard Go >>> tools. There is the usual challenge of enabling CGO for a GOOS build, but >>> beyond that it should be OK. It's easier than, for example, andlabs UI as >>> we are not linking to OS specific functionality, just the libefl >>> abstraction. >>> >>> Point 2 may change over time - as we may wish to add certain OS >>> abstraction directly which may make cross compilaton harder. >>> >>> What I was thinking about, however, was creating some app metadata >>> format and a centralised build server to work around both build and package >>> distribution issues... >>> >>> I hope that helps, >>> Andrew >>> >>> On Sat, 6 Oct 2018 at 11:41 R Srinivasan <s...@srin.me> wrote: >>> >>>> 1. What are the "distribution" considerations? >>>> >>>> Considering Windows targets - can we have all the required >>>> libraries bundled in the final executable? >>>> >>>> 2. Can the apps be cross built? i.e. Built on Linux for macOS and >>>> windows`targets? >>>> >>>> thanks for pointers, srini >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 1:17:00 PM UTC-4, Andrew Williams >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Some time ago I realised that Go was a great language for building new >>>>> applications, as I wanted to use something powerful but fast to learn. I >>>>> also wanted a really simple to use GUI toolkit that worked cross platform >>>>> - >>>>> this was a little more difficult to satisfy! >>>>> >>>>> The aim was to create an API that was: >>>>> >>>>> - Simple to learn >>>>> - Great looking with theme options >>>>> - Truly cross platform with identical look across platforms >>>>> - Solved all of the complicated GUI challenges (threading, scaling >>>>> etc) >>>>> >>>>> And so the Fyne project was created https://github.com/fyne-io/fyne ! >>>>> The design language is basically material design and the rendering is >>>>> currently EFL with support for Windows, macOS and Linux. >>>>> It's entirely vector based (though you can draw a Raster space if you >>>>> need) and scales beautifully. >>>>> >>>>> For a taste of what that looks like here you go :) >>>>> >>>>> [image: widgets-dark.png] >>>>> >>>>> It's now well into development and ready for people to get involved. >>>>> There is a long way to go but it feels like a solid base. >>>>> Instructions for getting started, if you need them, are at >>>>> https://github.com/fyne-io/bootstrap/blob/master/README.md . >>>>> If you want to know more we're also in the #fyne channel on the gopher >>>>> Slack server. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance for your thoughts :) >>>>> Andrew >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> http://andywilliams.me >>> http://ajwillia.ms >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- > http://andywilliams.me > http://ajwillia.ms > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. 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