From: "pat" <pat@xvalheru.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Xlib tutorial
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:12:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130115141124.M28055@xvalheru.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+czFiAamPWFwgK6jOEbSKGwbHRXNaDcYm7z9dcO+MHQF_jang@mail.gmail.com>
Thanks for suggestion. Well I don't want to depend on GTK or Qt.
Thanks
Pat
On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:22:03 -0500, Michael Mol wrote
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:55 AM, pat <pat@xvalheru.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry for this off topic. I want to learn how to develop UI applications using
> > Xlib. I've searched web, but I could not find a tutorial which will explain it
> > all (found some short examples). Please, could someone suggest a website or a
> > book?
>
> http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Xlib
>
> Why the specific interest in Xlib? XCB is probably the better C
> library to use at this point. Actually almost any higher-level
> toolkit would be a better place to start:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_widget_toolkits
>
> GUI programming is a PITA to do in the first place, and it's
> progressively more painful the more you want to "do it right." Don't
> make it harder than it has to be, particularly if you're just getting
> started.
>
> --
> :wq
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-15 11:55 [gentoo-user] [OT] Xlib tutorial pat
2013-01-15 12:16 ` [SOLVED]Re: " pat
2013-01-15 13:22 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-15 14:12 ` pat [this message]
2013-01-15 14:40 ` Florian Philipp
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