On 8 February 2010 09:34, Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ken Foskey wrote: > >> I would like some advice what library or tool to writing a full GUI >> application in Gnome for Linux. I need buttons, list boxes, etc and a >> canvas to paint pixels with automatic zooming. >> >> I am working on a viewer program to view a print file using raster >> graphics inside the file. The file will be either 300DPI, 600DPI or >> 1200DPI, similar to the PDF viewer. You may think of the page being >> more of a photo than text because that is the way it will be rendered. >> >> I would like to write a view program without too much effort that >> specifies an A4 canvas and then paints the raster graphics onto that >> canvas and the canvas can be zoomed automatically without me writing >> extra code. A bonus would be features such as side by side viewing, or >> just rolling down the pages like an openoffice.org document. >> >> Can someone advise on what GUI development tool is 'best' for Gnome >> Linux. > > Ken for the rendering of the print file, the very excellent Cairo library > would be probably be a good fit. For the buttons etc, GTK+ should be > adequate.
and glade for laying out the buttons and canvases: http://glade.gnome.org/ Conrad. _______________________________________________ coders mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders
