New wx app: wxCommander

[Troels]

Friedrich Haase wrote:
> Moin  Troels,
> 
> I will try it again. Usually I have one older Windows and or Linux 
> machines for experiments - currently only a W98SE and a not so very new 
> Debian.
> 
> Maybe, not all list members are interested. You could reach me off-list 
> by Friedrich <at> 61131.com.
> 
> Another question, which you possibly like to answer. How large is 
> wxCommander (wc result.)

What? Lines of code? I haven't counted. The uncompressed size of the 
binary is in the About box, final tab, in parenthesis.

 >And do you expect wxWidgets to be a solid
> platform for the next 10 years?

I'm putting my money on wx. But it's difficult to make predictions, 
especially about the future!
It's much easier to discuss the present: the alternatives to wx are 
frankly horrible, Qt (bloated,obese,overpriced), dotnet/mono (I wouldn't 
bet on the x-platform expectations of it to become fulfilled ever... 
Tomboy??), regular Gtk (plain C, looks very out of place on Windows), 
MFC (basically in feature-freeze for 9 years now). In a truly 
web-centric future, Java, a completely different beast, may become a 
contender. But do Java cut it for 'regular' (non-web) apps today? Try 
holding up http://www.mucommander.com, made in Java, to my app.

Let's hope wx stays on track.

Regards
Troels