Havoc's book is incredibly useful. http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/ggad.html
& I can recommend trying to teach somebody else ... that's when you really find out whether you know what you're talking about! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Wan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:35 AM Subject: Re: A desperate plea to the GTK developers > > 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 _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list