Re: gtkmm capabilities

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Roel Vanhout wrote:
> I did in no way mean to imply that gtkmm would lack functionality that 
> Qt has (although Qt is much more than just GUI, for xml handling one 
> could use libxml++ but for example I don't know of any complete C++ 
> database abstraction layers). What I meant was that with Qt, one has one 
> central vendor to contact, with a lot of sample code and documentation, 
> while with gtkmm it is necessary (in my opinion) to look at gtk source 
> code, look at other projects that use gtkmm so see how some things are 
> done, read the mailing list(s), keep up to date with the latest releases 
> of gtkmm and related libraries, etc... all of which takes up time. In 
> commercial settings, that time will cost much more than 3000$ per 
> developer. Also, think about the learning curve: there are a lot of 
> books on qt, but I don't know of any about gtkmm (except for the 
> manual). 3000$, that's 4 developer days: IMO in a commercial setting, 
> Qt's documentation alone will save one 4 days.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> roel

When i was doing difficult M$ stuff with meta-file handling, replies to
my questions were few, and i could only find snippets of code from few
thick expensive books.

With gtk, i can find plenty of *working* source to look at, find plenty
of mail archives, and even ask developers something. I've got far more
efficient now than when i was hacking proprietory ware.

Without some kind of 20k$ licence, answers from proprietory vendors
are rare, and useful ones even more so.

> Foster, Gareth wrote:
>
> > > I like gtkmm better than I like Qt so don't get me wrong here, but if 
> > > 3000$ is too much (compared to the expected revenue of your product 
> > > and the time you'll have to spend writing things yourself) than you 
> > > better think over your business plan again.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does this mean that GTK+ is a long way behind Qt in terms of 
> > functionality?
> >
> > Not that I know any better, but I've never heard that this was the 
> > case, out
> > of interest, what sort of widgets etc does Qt have that are missing in 
> > GTK+
> > etc?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Gaz