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namalb

C++ frontend

Post by namalb » 2020-04-03, 07:01

Is it possible to use UXP to wtrie a front end for a C++ app in C++?

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Re: C++ frontend

Post by Moonchild » 2020-04-03, 07:04

Not really, because a front-end created with UXP will be by definition JS and XUL.
Being a front-end for a C++ application is of course always possible.
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Re: C++ frontend

Post by Andrew Herbert » 2020-05-15, 14:00

Is using something like this a bad idea?: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... illa/PyDOM

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Re: C++ frontend

Post by Moonchild » 2020-05-15, 14:07

Andrew Herbert wrote:
2020-05-15, 14:00
Is using something like this a bad idea?: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... illa/PyDOM
Why on earth did you post that question in this topic?
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