Re: getting started in gtk+ development

[Christopher Roy Bratusek <zanghar freenet de>]

Am Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:25:14 -0400
schrieb Anand Arumugam <anand arumug gmail com>:

> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Anand Arumugam <anand arumug gmail com>
> > wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Anand Arumugam <
> > anand arumug gmail com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > hello all,
> > >> >
> > >> > i'm new to the gtk+ development and i would like to get started on by
> > >> > fixing
> > >> > some bugs. i created an account in gnome bugzilla and went through the
> > >> > "GTK+
> > >> > Love Bug List" list. I have searched around the website for details on
> > >> > how
> > >> > to get started with the development and could not find any. Can you
> > >> > please
> > >> > point me to it? any tips on how to get started is greatly appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Hang around in channel #gtk+ on GimpNet irc and observe how things
> > >> get done there... try fixing some easier bugs to get started and get
> > >> familiar
> > >> with gnome bugzilla customs... watch/read gtk-devel-list mailing list.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>        -Tristan
> > >
> > > I have never used IRC before. But I have heard a lot about it being the
> > > means of communication with other developers around the world. Can you
> > tell
> > > me how to setup an account and how to use it? And how its generally used
> > by
> > > Gnome developers?
> >
> > Just install any irc client, a popular client is xchat... you dont
> > need any account.
> >
> > Just log into GimpNet server and join the channel '#gtk+'.
> >
> > You will find many projects out there have an associated irc channel
> > on GimpNet, Freenode or another server.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >           -Tristan
> >
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply. I will try it once I get home from work. How do
> you know with whom you are talking to without having an a/c? For example, if
> you are online in #gtk+ how will I know that I am talking to you? I think I
> have to create an a/c with GimpNet server and that will be used when u join
> the #gtk+ channel. Is that right?

You don't need an account. You give xchat (or whatever you're going to use) your desired
username and that's it.

> -Anand.