Aaron,

The API coverage is fairly extensive (~400 classes and 3600 methods are
generated), but only a tiny fraction has been tested, and there is no
capability yet of overriding virtual C++ methods. Most of the development
so far has been under Windows XP; the OS X version mostly works, but
there are some problems. As for stability, the Win32 version seems fairly
stable now, but it's far from bulletproof. The key stability issue is how
callbacks are handled. The current method is functional, but needs work.

If you're interested in trying out more samples, I would suggest getting
the latest wxPython and looking at its demo. My plan is to duplicate as
many of these examples as possible.

.. Rob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of aaron
> reichow
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:45 AM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: [ANN] wxSqueak update
>
>
> Oh... great! this is really awesome.
>
> I really like the inclusion of a working Smalltalk browser and workspace!
> I think we could easily take this and get to empire-building right quick.
> vwnc look out!
>
> how complete is it? how stable is it? perhaps i should just get to writing
> apps and find out... :)
>
> Regards,
> Aaron Reichow
>
> UMD Library :: (218) 726-6651 :: areichow at d.umn.edu
>
>
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Rob Gayvert wrote:
>
> > An update of my interface to wxWidgets is available at
> >
> >            http://homepage.mac.com/rgayvert/wxsqueak.html
> >
> > Below are some notes on what has changed in this version.
> >
> > Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> >
> > .. Rob
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 1. Works with Squeak 3.7 and wxWidgets 2.5.3 on Win32 and Mac OS X.
> >
> > 2. The API has been expanded and simplified.
> >     - Wrapper methods are generated for all primitives.
> >     - All conversions to wxWidget types are handled by primitives, so
> >       the Smalltalk side is cleaner.
> >     - The VM has a collection of helper routines that deal with the more
> >       difficult cases, such as passing/returning arrays or rectangles.
> >     - wxStyledTextCtrl (based on Scintilla) is supported (but no lexer
> >       for Smalltalk yet).
> >     - XRC (wxWidgets XML resource format) is supported.
> >     - Constants are maintained in a single pool dictionary.
> >     - Primitives do more type checking, so there should be
> fewer VM crashes.
> >     - Generic callback mechanism allows methods in Smalltalk
> subclasses to
> >       be called from the wxWidgets framework.
> >
> > 3. Event handling has been improved.
> >     - All events are handled synchronously, so veto and skip operations
> >       work properly.
> >     - Synchronous events can be nested (recursive calls to interpret()).
> >     - Handlers for synchronous events can be debugged.
> >
> > 4. Rudimentary Model-View-Presenter (MVP) framework
> >     - Based on notions in Taligent/Dolphin design
> >     - Combined with XRC,
> >         - allows wx windows to be saved in the image;
> >         - allows views to be specified in an external XML form; and
> >         - provides a basis for a graphical interface builder.
> >     - Pluggable wx components mimic pluggable morphs (e.g.,
> >       PluggableTextWidget ~ PluggableTextMorph).
> >     - wx versions of several standard tools (e.g., Browser, Debugger,
> >       Inspector) are available.
> >
> > 5. Numerous new demos
> >     - Styled text, splitters, HTML help, dragging images, tree controls,
> >       grid, etc.
> >     - New demo framework parallels the wxPython demo.
> >
> > 6. Full source is available.
> >
> >
>
>