RE: [gtk-list] Re: GTK or Qt

["Arjan J. Molenaar" <arjan xirion nl>]

> On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Jan Van Eetvelde wrote:
> > we, a group of studens, are making a device for measurments for our
> > thesis. I have to write the GUI of this device, ...
> > We will use RTLinux to get the data in our computer (Real Time) ... 
> > the problem I have, is how to display these data on our screen ? One
> > will understand that the refreshing rate has to be as high 
> as possible
> > 
> > I hope this will explain what I mean by "speed"
> > 
> 
> You should be able to get very close to maxing out X with 
> either toolkit. 
> I'd say your main concern should be to get a reasonably fast 
> computer and
> video card, also a video card with a good X server available. 
> The toolkit
> shouldn't be a bottleneck here (you're going to be rendering 
> the display
> yourself anyway, rather than using a stock widget).
> 
> Havoc
> 
In this case I think GTK+ has a small advantage, since it provides a easy to use wrapper (GDK) around X that takes away some trouble. You can do it in X too, if you like :-).

Arjan