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Old 01-08-2005, 06:44 PM   #1
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cross platform question GTK+vs.wxwidgets


I want to write GUI programs to run on at least linux and win32. Can Gtk+ run on win32 well? Must I learn wxwidgets to have cross platform support? I have seen great Gtk+ applications like Gaim run on Linux and win32, how much code change, if any, was needed?

Essentially I want suggestions on what toolkit to use. I have ruled out Qt and Motif for various reasons and I want an open source toolkit for sure. I also prefer C to C++ which is one reason I like Gtk+.

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Old 01-08-2005, 10:23 PM   #2
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GTK+ can run on Windows but not as well like wxWidgets because wxWidgets use native widget. But as time goes by, the GTK+ support in Windows is better...... One draw back of GTK+ programming in Windows is you have to install the GTK+ runtime library before you can run GTK+ program in Windows. But if you do wxWidgets programming, you don't need to do that.
 
Old 01-09-2005, 08:49 AM   #3
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So in wxWidgets once you compile it for win32 you can just give out a binary users can run (no installation of any wx stuff needed..), while in gtk+ you must include, like you said, an installation of gtk+ for runtime support of the binary?
 
Old 01-09-2005, 10:03 AM   #4
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Usually, yes. You might need to give a few dll files, but that is the same even with 'regular' Windows applications.
 
Old 01-09-2005, 11:25 AM   #5
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