[GUFSC] GUI Toolkits for The X Window System

[Rafael R Obelheiro]

[http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/928/]

GUI Toolkits for The X Window System
by Leslie Polzer, in Category Reviews - Sunday, July 27th 2003 00:00 PDT 


This article is aimed at Unix developers who already have some
experience with programming languages and want to start developing GUI
applications (mainly for The X Window System, though portability is
discussed). It may also come in handy if you have used a particular
GUI toolkit for some time and want to know whether others might suit
your needs better. The main focus is comparison and introduction, but
it serves as a bit of tutorial, as well.

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Synopsis

Below, I offer a guide to various toolkits for POSIX-based systems
which can be used free of charge: GTK+/gtkmm, Trolltech Qt, FOX
Toolkit, FLTK, and wxWindows. It will start with some general
information about the concepts of GUI programming, so beginners will
have a better chance of understanding the code examples I provide. All
toolkits will mainly be examined in terms of maturity (which means
stability), popularity (which popular applications/how many
applications use this toolkit?), accessibility and
internationalization support, portability, language bindings,
extensibility, licensing conditions, and documentation. The core of
each toolkit's information is written in continuous English sentences,
but a spotlight on the specific properties follows each section.

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