This is something I am very interested in too. I have a large (legacy) Pascal program which has the interface written in Xview via C. XView also seems to be in the legacy category. I am wanting an interface that will run on Linux, Cygwin and Solaris. I am currently looking at tk-tcl which I have used before. I have so far got to the stage of learning how to link from GNU Pascal to GNU C (and vis versa). Tk-tcl can also be linked to C and is quite portable. There are some free GUI builders that I am going to look at (e.g. TkBuilder). I have posted some examples on the web. See: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/chris.hicks/programming.htm http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/chris.hicks/tktcl.htm

I do not know whether I am pursuing the best option - rather I am going in a direction that I am relatively familiar with. I will post some examples when I have had time to do them.

I also have tried looking at GNOME (but the Cygwin link is dead).

I would welcome any advice as to which GUI builder / language is best to use. I want something that is free and portable accross Linux, Cygwin and Solaris.

Many thanks, Chris

Dr Christian Hicks Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering, Stephenson Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Phone: +44 191 222 6238 Mobile 0795 8317804 Fax: + 44 191 222 8600 Homepage: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/chris.hicks