Re: 'Graphics' of libwy

On 17.12.2024 02:41, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 12/15/2024 4:04 AM, wij wrote:

I had headache whenevr I think about graphics in C++. Why C++ does not provide
a graphics library (lots complaint about this), not even a simplest one for
demonstrating its 'power' of C++ itself? Then, I suddenly realized that the
minimal answer is already there because the resolution of modern text screen
(emulator) is barely enough (width can be >320).

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 I totally agree that C++ should have a graphics library and a user interface library both.
 Have you looked at
    https://wxwidgets.org/
 "wxWidgets is a C++ library that lets developers create applications for Windows, macOS, Linux and other platforms with a single code base. It has popular language bindings for Python, Ruby, Lua, Perl and several other languages, and unlike other cross-platform toolkits, wxWidgets gives applications a truly native look and feel because it uses the platform's native API rather than emulating the GUI. It's also extensive, free, open-source and mature."

wxWidgets does work and is better than MFC, but not extremely so. Also, it is not exactly light-weight, a git checkout is 803 MB. Good luck for the standards committee to standardize anything like that.
Also, wxWidgets would be only part of the solution, it would still need a graphics back-end for actually drawing anything, plus some fonts for rendering texts. On some platforms the graphics back-end is built into the OS, on others it is not.
BTW, what has happened with Mr Flibble and his neoGFX library?