Re: Remarks on gtk docs

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Ed James wrote:
> Joost, and others,
>
>    I tried learning to use gtk, gdk, cairo, pango, etc several years ago and was
> frustrated by the difficulty in getting good docs, sample code, etc.  Even worse
> was finding that "constant change" meant me having to rewrite code fairly
> often.  Note that I'm an "old guy" who has written code for a living since I was
> a "young guy".  But this has been the most difficult venue in which I've tried
> to work.  I feel and share your pain in producing something of quality and
> lasting value.  I know it can be done, but I pretty much work alone, and
> it's not easy.
>
>    I switched to writing my own set of "widgets" in C++ which more or less
> look and act somewhat like Java's AWT, but nowhere near as powerful yet.
> I've got simple projects like a telnet client working, but I feel like
> I'm mining
> gold with a fork.
>
>    My one big question to this list is (and no disrespect is meant), is there a elist
> similar to this one dedicated to Xlib programming?  This list does have many
> very talented people, some of whom I'm in awe of.  But I'm veering
> into a different direction and just need pointer towards that direction.

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xorg would be as close as any:
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