n1Jul 29, 2024

I gave myself a goal to write a #rustlang GUI app that does following:

1. app pops up as text input where you enter a query
2. app seeks the query on Wikipedia and shows combo box with possible Wikipedia pages
3. you choose and hit enter
4. app fetches summary (forst paragraph(s)) and displays the text under combo box

a) GTK - mature but total mess and sorcery
b) equi - very early, widget poor
c) iced -very early, lacks docs, but doable

1/2

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@n1
Try #Relm4 for easier access to #GTK in Rust.

#rust

Jul 29, 2024 at 8:03pmWeb
Show threadn1Jul 30, 2024
@chfkch isn't it just a wrapper around GTK?
Show threadchfkch  Jul 30, 2024
@n1
Yes, but it abstracts most of the confusing stuff away.
Show threadn1Jul 30, 2024
@chfkch Just checked that. Sadly you still have to tinker around with @strong macros and the update() method, that grows into one huge match {} over time is just gross. Damn it.
Show threadchfkch  Jul 30, 2024
@n1
Yes, a big state machine would be awesome.