[H-GEN] Xwindows

[Byron Ellacott]

On Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 11:26:22AM +1000, Adrian Bolzan wrote:
> Does anyone know any good books for programming Xwindows interfaces? for
> instance, if you wanted to learn how to put a button menu or a pull down
> menu on Xwindows. 
There are several ways to do this

1) Figure out the X protocol and DIY
2) Use Xt/Xlib, there are a few books on this subject
3) Use Motif/Lesstif, there are a few more books on this subject
4) Use a more recent toolkit, such as Qt or GTK+.  Qt is well
documented and nonfree.  GTK+ is poorly documented (read: grep
'something' /usr/include/gtk/*) but free.
5) Use tcl/tk or something similar - very easy, but not as powerful as
a regular programming language

I use a combination of 4 and 5, mostly, as seems appropriate.
Examples are the best way to go here.  What languages do you already
know?

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