> I am not a developer/programmer but am in the process of learning > Squeak. Squeak is an open source Smalltalk system. It is very cross > platform. I personally have run it from my wife's Power Mac 604e 200mhz, > my children's iMac (rev. B), my Linux machine, a Win95 PII 266 machine > at work, and now a WinXP 2ghz Athlon at work. It runs bit identical on > something like over 30 machines. Some people use it on their PDAs, like > iPaq, Zaurus.
Have you considered other alternatives to Squeak? Consider also Python (www.python.org), however I'm not sure whether Python has a portable GUI among wxPython (but we have at least portable wxPython, which is a portable GUI). I don't know how about Squeak, but you need a programming language which is easy to learn not only by you but also by users, while Python is one of the most easy-to-learn yet powerful languages. It is object oriented. Also you will need to know C++, one of the most hard to learn languages :-( in order to decipher Sword module formats from Sword sources. Sadly there are no document describing such the formats. > When a Bible system is written in Squeak it will instantly run on all > the above platforms and easily portable to future platforms. It handles > all its own graphics and events. This means it isn't a native GUI. wxWindows (including wxPython) apps look different on different platforms however can be coded the same. wxWindows is not as powerful as best native GUI but rather powerful. > The look and feel is completely at the control of the developer. Its not > limited to the native UI. It is multimedia. Does MP3, Ogg (or will > soon), MPEGs, JPEGs, MIDI. A 3D OS is being written in it right now. Will you draw changed Bible pages in animated multimedia? :-) > For example. If a Sword frontend was developed in it, and I wanted to > add a feature, say search for Strongs numbers. (If I remember correctly > you used to not be able to in Windows and still can't in GnomeSword.) In GnomeSword we can do it just first showing strongs in the module, and then searching a number. > A developer could open up a code browser, add the method, save the > method, and then begin using it immediately. He could then share this > new feature via a ChangeSet and email it to the list and it would be > available to everyone. The same is possible with Python. > If anyone is interested in talking about a Sword frontend in Squeak > email me. We can have a private conversation or on this list if it is > deemed sufficiently on topic. Almost anything about Sword modules is on-topic here. -- Victor Porton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
