I noticed that the master branch hasn't been updated since Dec 2, 2016. Does it mean that libui is dead / no longer maintained or did you achieve the state of the API that no longer needs any updates?
I want to use libui in one of my projects but am concerned because neither libui nor some of it's bindings to other languages have been updated since December of last year.
steelbrain
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I hope not, because libui could be my only solution. And Gunnar just released an update of his Lua bindings https://hg.tset.de/public/lui/rev/7e6d577f160d
marcotrosi
on 16 Jul 2017
I am working on individual feature branches now, not master. Admittedly I haven't been very productive lately, though...
andlabs
on 16 Jul 2017
@andlabs Have you considered accepting donations through a platform such as Open Collective?
I think there is high demand for a library such as libui to exist, if it gained some traction maybe that could allow you to dedicate more time on this.
lukechilds
on 29 Jul 2017
@lukechilds is also have not found any other library like libui. It has the potential to be something great maybe even a de-facto standard. If you want something big, nowadays you would chose Qt I guess, but if you want something small and simple then libui is probably the one. Am I wrong?
marcotrosi
on 1 Aug 2017
There is IUP which has a lovely support, so there would be an alternative for C GUIs. However, I sure do hope that libui won't die soon.
I suppose the problem is not money but time, so it would probably make more sense to contribute code instead of collecting donations.
@andlabs Is there any current work we could help with?
dertuxmalwieder
on 7 Aug 2017
As far as I know IUP does not support macOS with native Cocoa but GTK instead. But libui does that, doesn't it?
marcotrosi
on 7 Aug 2017
That is correct, although native macOS support is on their ToDo list.
dertuxmalwieder
on 7 Aug 2017
Admittedly I've been lazy and with low motivation recently. I'll try to continue tomorrow or sometime in the next few days or something... I'm almost done with the new text drawing stuff, at least.
andlabs
on 13 Aug 2017
Admittedly I've been lazy
@andlabs Always remember, with OSS you don't owe anyone anything.
lukechilds
on 13 Aug 2017
I'd recommend to find someone or a couple of others to help you out. Working in a team doesn't always make things easier, but it may allow to spread the work. For example just taking someone knowledgeable of the lib to clean up the existing PR list or go through and checking the various issues.
Keep it up!
eXpl0it3r
on 7 Oct 2017
@andlabs I'm still here to help!
cody271
on 7 Oct 2017
Right. I'll get to merging the PRs once I finish the utflib-and-attrstr branch, because it's going to be a significant, backwards-incompatible API change. That being said, I still accept peoples's contributions, though for future contributions I did start a contribution guidelines page in said branch.
andlabs
on 8 Oct 2017
@andlabs
Based on the number of outstanding pull requests I strongly encourage delegating management/merge responsibilities to someone with a proven track record so that you can focus on the the development aspects that most interest you.
jspraul
on 3 Nov 2017
i just found this library. Any update with this library?
helmishariff
on 29 Dec 2017
@andlabs Is there any timeframe as to when the utflib-and-attrstr branch will be merged into master? (And then, another release?)
tom-corwin
on 16 Jan 2018
No. I work for a new company now, and I need copyright clearance from them before I can continue writing code (unless I want to assign copyright for the new code to them). Sorry. Of course, once I do get that, I will push out the "alpha 3.5" patch idea (which is just master + #202) and continue working on utflib-and-attrstr, which is presently having a final cleanup phase of its current feature set (which will be sufficient for a merge, but not ideal, but I want to get other stuff done too).
libui is decidedly not dead, though. I have a lot of momentum built up, and a mental roadmap for development in 2018 :)
andlabs
on 16 Jan 2018
Enjoy your new job!
dertuxmalwieder
on 16 Jan 2018
Clearance obtained. Let's get busy again.
andlabs
on 17 Feb 2018
Thanks for the update on the copyright clearance!! 馃憤 It's fantastic news!
PaluMacil
on 17 Feb 2018
Is there a widget for like GtkTreeView both for treestore and liststore?
ridams
on 23 Mar 2018
It is WIP. Anyway, this particular topic is resolved.
andlabs
on 23 Mar 2018
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