Re: Hello there

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw ITS TUDelft NL>]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 12:38:17PM +0200, Michael wrote:
> I am happy to join the GTK list . My Name is Michael and I 'm willing to be
> a X - programmer (-pp)
> 
> The project is to port TurboIRC 2000 ( www.turboirc.com ) to linux . Hard or
> not ? I just want to know this one : I know some X basics , e.g. threads and
> stuff . Assuming I m going to start the project with GTK . Will I be still
> able to use what I 've learn till now ?

Knowing about POSIX threads is good. Knowing how X works is also nice,
but not really necessary to learn GTK+. When I started with GTK+ a
couple of years ago, I found GTK+ *much* easier than plain X, Xaw, or
Motif. In about a week I made a working video file viewer from scratch
with timeout functions, color space conversion, etc.

> Also , does GTK run under every implementation or window manager of linux ?

Yes, GTK+ works with all X11R6 servers with all known window managers.
It's even better: if you do it right, your program will automatically
work on Windows, BeOS, and Linux framebuffer devices.


Erik

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