Re: [gtk-list] Re: Gtk & Xlib

[Walt Pohl <pohl math washington edu>]

On Fri, 22 May 1998, fractture wrote:

> > If you just want to use GTK as a widget set, then almost all the Xlib
> > details are hidden from you, except the event model.
> 
> Actually GTK seems to wrap the Xlib event model quite well.  The events in
> Xlib are much more complicated than what they are in GTK.

You're right.  I was a little vague.  If the only events you care about
are usual GUI elements, like button pushes, then GTK is much nicer than
Xlib.  But if you need to track the mouse movements yourself, like in the
scribble example in the tutorial, the event model is pretty close to Xlib.

Walt