Re: [gnome-love] Hi!!

[Matthew Walton <mxw00u cs nott ac uk>]

Tamer A. Mowafy wrote:

> Hi!!
>         My name is Tamer A. Mowafy an Egyptian Architect. Programming is my first
> occupation. I am mainly a C++ programmer. I have very good knowledge of C,
> Java, assembly, and fair knowledge of other languages. I am a Linux
> enthusiast just getting my feet wet into the obscure realm. Coming afresh
> from the fancy world of Windows GUI I believe it is only through more
> appealing GUI for Linux platform that the OS can eventually have a better
> standing in the desktop market. I am interested in Gnome. I also made some
> minor trials for exploring it.
>         I would like to ask for help to get started with contributing to Gnome
> Project. My main interest is usually Development Tools. If there is a
> project for a fully working IDE I will be so grateful to be pointed to it. I
> am also interested in any available C++ binding for Gnome. If such exists I
> will like to use it and to contribute in porting it to newer versions or
> enhancing its features.
GTK-- is my C++ binding of choice for Gtk+, and there's a companion kit 
called gnome-- that wraps (most of) GNOME for C++. The home page is at 
http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net and if you're willing to help develop on 
GTK-- 1.3 they'll probably be grateful for it as it's based on Gtk+ 1.3 
which as you may know has a new API.

Of course, you could use gtk-- 1.2 to write applications... :-)