Suppose I must use C++, will it work with lesstiff? How difficult would it be comparing to using lesstiff from a C prog? BTW: Isn't lesstiff written in C++?
> > Mike Werner wrote: > > > > I'm finally getting to the point with C that I plan on finally trying to > > hack together a few small programs that I've been thinking about for some > > time now. > > > I'd like to also put together a GUI frontend for some of them > > at some point. However I have zero experience with GUI programming. I > > know that there are a number of different GUI toolkits out there - TCL/TK, > > GTK, Motif, Lesstif, and probably a bunch more. Are there any that would > > be more recommended for a beginner? > > > > I'm not looking to do anything fancy yet - just the basics so I can learn > > how it all works. Any ideas? > > Tcl/Tk has nothing to do with C, they are actually two different > languages (Tcl and Tk). Motif and Lesstif are roughly the same (Lesstif > is a GPL'd source level compatible clone of Motif. Motif is commercial > and costs $$). I did my first GUI programming in Lesstif and it was not > all that difficult. You should be able to come up with a good > Lesstif/Motif tutorial on the 'net somewhere (see www.lesstif.org as > well). I haven't used GTK but I have heard that it is good and > especially that the tutorials are excellent. See www.gtk.org. Developer > deb's should be available for Lesstif & GTK. Qt is another option (the > library used by KDE), except that's supported best with C++. >
