Which gui for a noob C programer ? qt||tk/tcl||GTK+|| Gnome

e-nigma · n00b Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 42 Location: Luxembourg

I've been programming in C for about half a year now, and I'm interested in making small gui programs. But actually Idon't know which gui to choose. I don't nee a very performant one, but it schould not be to difficult to programm it.

Could you tell me your preferences, and why you are using them ?
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xg0blin · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 106

tcl/tk is really freaking simple, but it uses an interpereter, and is pretty slow, though it does come with cool extensions, like gltk if you wanted to use opengl.

qt is also simple, and free for use unless you want to use it commercially.

gtk isn't too hard and I believe it's totally free, unlike qt

wxwindows is easy, powerful and also free.

If I were you, I'd choose probably gtk, and if you wanted to be different you could use wxwindows.

Perhaps you should learn tcl/tk scripting to learn the basics of GUI programming, and then move onto one of the others, being that scripting in tk is as simple as it can possibly get.

shm · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:42 pm Post subject:

i'd say qt.. it is C++, unlike gtk and tk, and easier to learn than wxWindows and more mature than gtk's C++ bindings: gtkmm.

shm · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:43 pm Post subject:

Fitzsimmons · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:02 am Post subject:

I like curses A LOT. Very nice to program in.

charlieg · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:28 am Post subject:

Use Gtk especially because you're using C.
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charlieg · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:28 am Post subject:

Oh, and also because you can use Glade with Gtk which makes GUI creation idiotically simple once you understand how Glade/Gtk lays out widgets. (Which is nothing a few minutes playing with Glade won't teach you.)
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far · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:30 am Post subject:

benguru · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 125

Hi,
I just want to add another vote of GTK. It is in C, and look here for a lot of good GTK articles http://www-106.ibm.com/search/searchResults.jsp?searchType=1&searchSite=dW&query=gtk&searchScope=dW&Search.x=0&Search.y=0 Also if you use KDE, then use QT. If you use Gnome use GTK. I say that because it is nice to have an application start up quickly.[/url]

Flammie · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 1:16 pm Post subject:

Bah, just use plain xlib and you'll have total control over everything! :twisted:

Gil-galad55 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 101

Programming with straight X11 calls is about as much fun as gouging your eyes out.
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