> I'm looking into writing GUI/X (ie not kernel!) code under Linux - i'm
> coming from a professional Windows environment - and am curious
> about the 'best' toolkit to use.
> I know this is highly subjective but I'd appreciate some feedback -
> particularly if any of you, like me, are coming from a MFC / Win32 API
> background like myself.
> The 3 i've seen talked about quite a bit are GTK+, FLTK & wxWindows.
> I'd be particulary interested how people found the cross-platform
> versions of these libraries. I've seen that FLTK & wxWindows tout their
> x-platform abilities - what about GTK? Are they truly x-platform?
> I'm also looking for something pretty solid - and with plenty of
> resources available - newsgroups, web etc....
> I know this covers a lot of ground but I want to try to start on the
> right foot so to speak!
If you want an integrated edit/compile/debug development environment
with interactive graphical-layout GuiDesigner more than you "need" to
program in C++, you might want to check out XBasic. Before you laugh,
(okay, after you laugh), you should know that XBasic is not as nutty an
idea for a C programmer in your situation as it might at first seem.
XBasic has been called "C in BASIC clothing" by several people.
The fact that XBasic is written entirely in XBasic says something about
its capability and flexibility. Two implementations of XBasic are available
for freeware download - one for Linux and another for Windows95/98/NT.
Since you obviously have Windows on your computer too, you might find
it interested to know that XBasic programs run on both implementations
without changes - even programs with tons of graphics and GUI stuff.
Also, XBasic native function-call implementation is C and OS compatible,
so calling Linux OS system calls, Windows API functions, and C libraries
is straightforward (yes, XBasic passes arguments by value - by default).
Anyway, I can't tell whether you'd be interested or not, but you can read
and download at: http://www.maxreason.com/software/xbasic/xbasic.html .
Just an idea.
max
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