Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:31:52 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: preferred GUI toolkit for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020320153152.A85339@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20020320141702.B91598@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 02:17:02PM %2B0000 References: <20020320141702.B91598@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 02:17:02PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote:
Hi,
>
> There aren't a lot of options, but I was wondering if the GTK toolkit is
> a safe bet. I've decided to learn a native toolkit rather than Java
> first, unless something major changes my mind in the near future.
Well, in fact a quick look at x11-toolkits reveals that there are indeed
a lot of options :-)
My very humble opinion on some toolkits:
GTK+ : It's written in C, it works pretty well, version 2.0 just came
out. The obvious choice for people who prefer writing in C. I coded the
Fish with it and I really like it. You can use Glade to create UIs.
Motif: It's still a standard in some places. It has very good (and very
expensive) tools for development, it's now semi-free, but it's real PITA
to work with if you don't have some tool to help you (e.g. RapidApp)
Forms: It has been discontinued, but it's a simple and easy to use
toolkit. Lyx uses it. Comes with a form editor too.
FLTK: A C++ toolkit, don't have any experience with it.
Qt: Trolltech's famous C++ toolkit. IMHO, the best choise if you are
into C++ programming, also comes with a forms editor.
If you are going to use C, I'd recommend you GTK+, if you are going the
C++ way I'd go for Qt. There are also C++ bindings for C++ (gtk--). Both
libraries are pretty good.
Cheers,
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