On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How does anyone actually learn how to make an application > using this toolkit when the most fundamental information > simply isn't written anywhere? And sadly, after what I am told > is a three year wait, the API docs have the same gaping holes > in them!
Hi, Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I personally learned GTK+ 1.2 from a book: Developing Linux Applications with GTK+ and GDK by Eric Harlow There's another book available by Havoc, but I never saw it as it wasn't available at my local library. I've since ported my code to 1.3.X (now, 2.0) and I did that through examples in the directory. I do look at the online API docs (which are also available with the software as HTML files) from time to time, but I certainly don't depend on them as much as you seem to. I've seen the gaps which you mention, but they didn't bother me. I don't consider myself to be too old, but perhaps a little old-fashioned since I prefer books over online docs. Even if you print docs out, they tend to disappear on my desk, but a book is never lost (unless sometime borrows it from you and forgets to return it :-) ). Also, many people seem to take writing books more seriously than writing online docs since with docs, you can go back and update them anytime; with books...you can't change them once they've gone to the printers -- so, I sort of expect them to be more correct. As for widget signals, I have to admit that I don't understand them 100% (since I skimmed that section :-) ), but you don't need to understand how a car works to drive it. I knew enough to get the examples working and then added my stuff around / over it. Good luck! Ray PS: To the GTK+ developers, looking forward to whatever GTK+ book comes out for 2.0. :-) _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list