Re: QT vs GTK 2006

[Derek Piper <dcpiper indiana edu>]

	My 2 cents on the questions I have an opinion about.

Martin Olsson wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm currently evaluating (GUI) toolkits, and I'm interested in the
> differences between QT and GTK. My code is going to be GPLed and I need it
> to be cross-platform. I've read a few previous threads from this list
> concerning this subject so I know all the basic stuff, but atleast some of
> the arguments I came across seems to be void these days. I have some
> questions:
>
> 1. Is the win32 version of GTK really that unstable? It's homepage still
> (as of today) contain a rather scary warning sign.

I've been using it for a while (over a year) compiling against the 2.6.9 
release and it's been fine.

> 2. Name some successful (in terms of many users, well-known) GTK-based
> projects outside of the GNOME sphere? For instance QT has Opera and Adobe
> Elements, in heavy use, outside of KDE.
>
> 3. I guess there is a whole lot of people on list this that are using
> multiple toolkits, but for those who prefer GTK over other toolkits: What
> are your personal motivations for using GTK instead of something else?

I wanted to use GTK instead of QT because I had already written a 
program that I wanted to add the interface to, and it was written in C, 
not C++. I am a C programmer to, not C++.

Also, the Windows port of QT is not free to use (or wasn't over a year 
ago.. I don't know - I don't keep up on Qt) and I wanted (and now have) 
my program able to be run on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

So, GTK does what I need it to do.

	Derek

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