I have developed a GUI app using wxHaskell I develop using GHCi - invaluable I can run the application once form GHCi, and then a re-run crashes, but - usually after a run there is enough time to re-start GHCi while I tihnk about what needs fixing next - usually I can still run tests and queries from GHCi afterwards... This works because I develop in Windows using GHC 6.10.4 wxHaskell 0.11.1.2 - I haven't upgraded because I believe the GHCi behaviour worsens on later versions of GHC (I'm open to correction on this) - a student of mine has been able to build it on linux using the latest versions of everything - I had to revise some of my code simply because later GHC versions introduced new keywords So - to summarise If you are happy to develop using 6.10.4, on Windows then wxHaskell is workable with GHCi It seems to then build ok on Linux Alas - I have yet to be able to build it on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) The app ? - see http://www.scss.tcd.ie/Andrew.Butterfield/Saoithin/ On 18 May 2011, at 00:24, Conal Elliott wrote:
I still haven't found any way to do GUIs or interactive graphics in Haskell on a Mac that isn't plagued one or more of the following serious problems:
* Incompatible with ghci, e.g., fails to make a window frame or kills the process the second time one opens a top-level window, * Goes through the X server, and so doesn't look or act like a Mac app, * Doesn't support OpenGL.
A year or two ago, I put my Haskell GUI & graphics work on hold while waiting & hoping for a functioning pathway to open. So far I haven't heard of one.
If anyone has found a solution, I'd love to hear!
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