Re: A newbie question...

["Mauro Ferreira" <mauroferreira enersulnet com br>]

Tara M Wrote:

> Are you sure you want to use GTK+ 1.3 and whatever DEV-C is?

Dev-C++ is a GNU mingw IDE - goes with a installer and GNU C++ mingw
2/95.2; isn't a premium one, but good enough to develop entire projects
without care with makefiles et all... and now exists DEV-C++ for linux.
Take a look at www.bloodshed.net

> If you want to get started in GTK+ it's easier to start simple,
> try using GTK+ 1.2.8 or newer, since the majority of the audiance
> will be using that.

In the http://members.fortunecity.com/honglilai/index.html i found a
complete GTK+ 1.3 binary toolkit installer that goes with a GTK+
skeleton project wizard for Dev-C++, and this is going well for me. Just
now i'm writting some samples using GTK+ & mysql 3.23.40, some with
exotic features that normally crash under M$FC, and until now my
programs are handling large databases without any problem. The
'unstable' GTK+ 1.3 is going most stable than the average M$-based
apps...

> GDK API (sorry no manual pages):
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gdk/

I have this, but don't readed with all care...

> GTK+ API (no manual pages either):
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/

I have this too - is my main reference - all times i'm programming, this
is open...

> GTK+ tutorial
> http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/

A great tutorial. I compiled any and all examples - only the last 2
appears to be linux-specific.

> GTK+ DND tutorial
> http://wolfpack.twu.net/docs/gtkdnd/

Oops... This is new for me... Thanks !

> I recommend looking through the demos on the tutorial, learn GTK+
> frame work!! Make sure you have a clear understanding of GTK+
> procedure, esp signals and its main loop/iteration handling.

I'm doing this now.

> Then you can figure out what you need to modify in your application
> to port it over.

This too...

> Also take a look at GDK, GDK is built around X the ```original GUI'''
> so you have a more fundimental understanding of what GTK+ is built
> on top of.

Good to know that, i'll take a closer look at GDK. Thanks !

Mauro Ferreira
mauroferreira@enersulnet.com.br