Simple XWindows API for C under linux..

f0rmula · 11-12-2004, 10:38 AM

Basically i want to make a very simple xwindows application..

I'm competent command line programmer, but don't know where to start when writing an X windows app.. Is there anything like the Java Swing API?

Thanks

James

rjlee · 11-12-2004, 10:48 AM

One of the most common widget libraries for X in the C language is libgtk+ (and libgnome which extends it).

The most similar thing to the Java Swing API that I have yet used (outside of Java) is the Qt toolkit (extended by libkde), which is for C++ (although it also uses a meta-object compiler). C++ is not much different from C, and should be fairly easy to learn the basics of if you know Java.

paulsm4 · 11-13-2004, 12:52 PM

I would definitely urge you to take a look at Qt:

http://www.programming-x.com/programming/qt.html
.. or ..
http://www.pconline.com/~erc/xprog.htm

f0rmula · 11-15-2004, 05:14 AM

supurb replies.. cheers people.. i'll start looking at the QT stuff then..

C++ should be fine

thanks

james