Re: gtkmm capabilities

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

Roel Vanhout wrote:
> > The main problem with gtk is that there's no central point of all
> > the information you need to completely understand it.
> > GObject, GType and signals take a long time to learn, and i only
> > did that after reading the gtk lists for months. This probably
> > doesn't matter as much with gtkmm which has C++ objects.
> > The gtk source also has an examples directory for testing lots
> > of functionality, but it doesn't help a lot for someone trying
> > to learn the basics.
>
>
> That's exactly what my point was: the time it takes to get up to speed, 
> and the time you need to invest to keep up, easily costs a multiple of 
> the 3000$ this whole discussion is about.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> roel

I found that once you understand how it works, you can keep up to
date easily just by seeing new widgets on a mailing list. The upfront
learning curve is *high*, but i don't care about how long it takes
something to learn if i know it will be useful. (most ppl object
to long learning curves)

Being hobbyists, who cares about monetary time value;)
Once you figure it out, it's easier to use.