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Am 15.01.2013 15:12, schrieb pat: |
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> On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:22:03 -0500, Michael Mol wrote |
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>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:55 AM, pat <pat@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>> Hello, |
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>>> Sorry for this off topic. I want to learn how to develop UI applications using |
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>>> Xlib. I've searched web, but I could not find a tutorial which will explain it |
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>>> all (found some short examples). Please, could someone suggest a website or a |
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>>> book? |
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>> http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Xlib |
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>> Why the specific interest in Xlib? XCB is probably the better C |
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>> library to use at this point. Actually almost any higher-level |
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>> toolkit would be a better place to start: |
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_widget_toolkits |
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>> GUI programming is a PITA to do in the first place, and it's |
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>> progressively more painful the more you want to "do it right." Don't |
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>> make it harder than it has to be, particularly if you're just getting |
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>> started. |
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>> -- |
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>> :wq |
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> Thanks for suggestion. Well I don't want to depend on GTK or Qt. |
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> Thanks |
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> Pat |
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Is this for an embedded platform? Because otherwise, for the sake of |
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your own sanity and the usability of your application, don't do this! |
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At least use some lightweight GUI toolkit like xforms or tk. |
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PS: Please don't top-post if you can avoid it. |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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