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Hi,

This is a slightly off topic question. I have been following this
discussion about the new ISE 7.1. Before it got released I remember
there was some talk about that the GUI would be based on a new GUI
library, not the WINDU stuff anymore.

After it got released I did not find any talk about that anymore, maybe
I overlooked something.

Did it really got changed or is 7.1 still using the WINDU stuff?

If it got changed, what GUI library is it now based on?

Thanks for the information.


Guenter

Guenter Dannoritzer <[email protected]> writes:
> I have been following this discussion about the new ISE 7.1. Before it
> got released I remember there was some talk about that the GUI would
> be based on a new GUI library, not the WINDU stuff anymore. [...]
> Did it really got changed or is 7.1 still using the WINDU stuff?

AFAICT, ISE 7.1i on Linux still uses Wind/U. It doesn't seem likely
that Webpack 7.1i would differ in that regard.

I don't particularly care what toolkit they use as long as the Linux
hosted product works reasonably well.

In article <d3po2h$mb9$05$[email protected]>,
Guenter Dannoritzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This is a slightly off topic question. I have been following this
>discussion about the new ISE 7.1. Before it got released I remember
>there was some talk about that the GUI would be based on a new GUI
>library, not the WINDU stuff anymore.
>
>After it got released I did not find any talk about that anymore, maybe
>I overlooked something.
>
>Did it really got changed or is 7.1 still using the WINDU stuff?
>

It definately still seems to be using the WINDU stuff. A windu directory
gets created when installing.

>If it got changed, what GUI library is it now based on?
>

Seems to be based on openmotif (which is apparently what WindU translates
to).

I seem to recall a rumor that Xilinx was going to rewrite in something
like Qt, but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe in the next
release.

BTW: Why doesn't Xilinx either statically link their executables or ship
the required shared libs so you can run it on any Linux distro?

Phil

Here, here!

I failed trying to get the correct curses library running on my Fedora Core
3 machine.

Pete

"Phil Tomson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> In article <d3po2h$mb9$05$[email protected]>,
> Guenter Dannoritzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>This is a slightly off topic question. I have been following this
>>discussion about the new ISE 7.1. Before it got released I remember
>>there was some talk about that the GUI would be based on a new GUI
>>library, not the WINDU stuff anymore.
>>
>>After it got released I did not find any talk about that anymore, maybe
>>I overlooked something.
>>
>>Did it really got changed or is 7.1 still using the WINDU stuff?
>>
>
> It definately still seems to be using the WINDU stuff. A windu directory
> gets created when installing.
>
>>If it got changed, what GUI library is it now based on?
>>
>
> Seems to be based on openmotif (which is apparently what WindU translates
> to).
>
> I seem to recall a rumor that Xilinx was going to rewrite in something
> like Qt, but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe in the next
> release.
>
> BTW: Why doesn't Xilinx either statically link their executables or ship
> the required shared libs so you can run it on any Linux distro?
>
> Phil