[gtk-list] Re: C/GTK+ versus C++/GTK--/QT

[Espen Sand <espen sand neo no>]

Since I use Qt (little experience with GTK but a lot with Motif) 
I add a comment in this thread.

I decided to test Qt some months ago I am must say I am not 
looking forward the day I have to do some coding in C++ and 
Motif (Or Xt in general) again. It doesn't matter that much using 
static methods for accessing the object but it doesn't feel right :)

Qt is really easy to learn (I have "learned" a number of widget 
sets over the years) It is easy to build dialogs with proper 
alignments etc (comparing with std Motif). I don't dare to think how 
long time I would have used making this dialog
http://home.sol.no/~espensa/khexedit/hexprint.gif in Motif. 

I have made my own message passing system which I use in 
Motif programs. There is not such need in Qt where I can use 
the signal/slot mechanism instead. 

Another nice feature with Qt is of course the good documentation. 
Although the O'Reiily X window system Guides 1-6 are valuable, 
I find online documentation much better and easy to use. Good 
documentation will lower the barrier when learning something new.


On tir, 20 jul 1999, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>When I was doing C++ and Motif, I used one-line static functions for
>callbacks, and had them call methods.  I only had one instance of most
>of my gui objects, so I was able to get away with this.

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Espen Sand, Research Scientist 
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