On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 12:22, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > Sorry, I'm not familiar with it. Is GTK a toolkit for use with X11? > What languages does it support/require (C, C++, Python)? >
It works on X and W2K, although why use W2k is beyond me. I think it works for Mac's as well. There are binders for it for C, C++, Object C, Python, Perl, and more. Its also supported by Novel we hosted Nat Freedman and the Gnome Foundation last year here in Brooklyn for the Gnome Developers meeting. >From the Gnome website, which GTK is a part of: Language bindings One of the primary goals of GNOME is to facilitate using GNOME from any programming language. By allowing the development of programs in the language that best meets the task, productivity and program quality increase. Language bindings for GTK+ are available for a wide variety of languages, and many of these languages have support for GNOME libraries. This list is a brief summary of the language bindings that support the GNOME 2.x Developer Platform libraries, and may be practical for your project. Specific information about each language binding can be found on their respective homepages. GNOME Platform Bindings The projects below follow the GNOME schedule, and GNOME Bindings rules which guarantee API stability and time-based releases. These projects make an effort to track the changes in the GNOME Developer Platform. C++ (gtkmm) http://www.gtkmm.org/ The gtkmm project provides comprehensive support for GNOME, including the basic GNOME libs, GConf, libglade, libXML, gnome-vfs, libgnomecanvas, as well as Bonobo and gnome-db. Additional features include exception handling, simplified memory management, typesafety, and namespaces. The Bakery framework can be used to rapidly develop applications using the document/view architecture. The documentation on gtkmm is outstanding. Java (Java-GNOME) http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/ Java-GNOME provides bindings for libglade, GConf, and libgnomecanvas, in addition to the basic gnome libraries. The documentation is complete. The Java ORB can connect to ORBit2 to talk to GNOME's CORBA and Bonobo components. Perl (gtk2-perl) http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/ The gtk2-perl bindings provide access to the basic GNOME libs, plus libgnomecanvas, gnome-vfs, libglade and GConf. Bindings for other GNOME libraries are also available, including Gnomeprint, GtkSpell, libegg tray, libvte and libwnck. Python (PyGTK) http://www.pygtk.org/ PyGTK supports most of GNOME's widgets and application frameworks. The GNOME libs, GConf, gnome-vfs, libglade, XML/XSLT are complete. Components can be built with ORBit2 and Bonobo. Bindings for other GNOME libs like Gnomeprint, gtkhtml2, gtkmozembed, GStreamer, gtksourceview, and panel-applets can be used. Other bindings Ada (GtkAda) http://libre.act-europe.fr/GtkAda/ GNOME/Ada provides libgnomeui and libbonoboui support for Ada95, and is maintained as an extension of GtkAda project. XML/Ada can be used for processing XML data and documents, and PolyORB is available for distributed computing. The project also produces GPS, an IDE with source management, browsing, editing and debugging tools for GTK and GNOME applications. C# (GTK#/Mono) http://gtk-sharp.sourceforge.net/ http://go-mono.com/ GTK#/Mono includes a comprehesive set GNOME bindings, including the Gnome libs, GConf, libglade, gnome-vfs, and panel applets. Bindings for other GNOME libs, like RSVG, gtksourceview, Gnome-DB and GStreamer are available. The Mono runtime is capable of using the functions in any GNOME library (or any c-based library) through P/Invoke. The APIs are well documented. Erlang (Erlang/Gtk) http://erlgtk.sourceforge.net/ Erland/Gtk provides incomplete support for some GNOME libs like libgnomeui and libgnomecanvas. Haskell (Gtk2Hs) http://haskell.org/gtk2hs/ Gtk2Hs does not support the core GNOME libs. It provides bindings for popular GNOME libs like to libglade, GConf, gtksourceview, and gtkmozembed. Objective-Caml (LablGTK) http://wwwfun.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soft/olabl/lablgtk.html LablGTK provides GTK+ bindings and GnomeCanvas widgets for Objective Caml 3. Bindings for libglade, the panel, and RSVG are optional. The bindings provide strongly typed data and take advantage of lablgtk's memory management. Pike (Pike) http://pike.ida.liu.se/ Pike binds the code gnomelibs, plus libglade. Ruby (Ruby-GNOME2) http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/ Ruby-GNOME2 provides good bindings for the Gnome libs, GConf, XML2, gnome-vfs, and Bonobo. Bindings for panel-applets, libgda, gthhtml2, gtksourceview, RSVG, trayicon, and GStreamer is also available. The APIs are well documented, and a class browser is available. Scheme (Guile-gtk/Guilt-gobject) http://www.gnu.org/software/guile-gtk/ Guile-gtk's Guile-gobject line of development provides bindings for Gnome libs, libglade, GConf, XML2, and Bonobo. Additional bindings for panel-applets, Gnomeprint, gtkhtml are also available. Some documentation and examples can be found from the Guilt-gtk homepage including a link to its Savannah project page. TCL (Gnocl) http://www.dr-baum.net/gnocl/ Gnocl provides the basic bindings to GNOME widgets plus gnome-vfs. The documentation is complete. Of course, you can write any binding that you want. Straight GTK on the rocks is even more flexible http://www.gtk.org/bindings.html GTk for w32 and XP http://www.dropline.net/gtk/ http://www.dropline.net/gtk/download.php http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/ OSX and Macs http://www.osxfaq.com/Press/12-31-02/gtk-12-31-02.ws and a world of more stuff. It never ends Ruben > > Incidentally, I was a little surprised when I recently upgraded my > PowerBook to Tiger that X11 was an installation option (though it is > not selected by default). I haven't done anything with X11 in a LONG > time. > > --- Ruben Safir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 11:13, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > > > The user interface is really orthogonal to the database technology. > > > Thee is no reason why a Java based UI could not be built for a > > MUMPS > > > based application. > > > > All too true, but Java itself should be way down the list of options. > > The GTK widget set is a much better choice for cross platform > > compatibility, support, and speed. > > > > Ruben > > > "The most profound technologies are those that disappear." > --Mark Weiser > > ==== > Greg Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? 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