On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 05:45:32PM +0000, Hadess wrote: > Bill wrote: > > > > Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I > > don't think my question made sense. I'll try again. > > > > I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D) > > displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, and OpenGL. > > > > I need to be able to move my development efforts, and the app itself, to > > as many platforms as possible as I'll be moving and don't know what kind of > > platform will be at my next locale. > > > > Second priority is speed, as it will be extremely computational- and > > diskI/O- intensive. > > > > Should I use Motif, or the newer GNOME (or KDE)? > > Gtk and Gnome are very nice to write apps with, and Gtk+ has been ported > to quite a few platforms, although the ports are still in development in > Gtk+ 2.0. Gtk+ has a GL widget called GtkGLarea, and C++ bindings (Gtk-- > is the most advanced afaik) > > You might want to look at Qt if your app is going to be GPL, it has a > Windows port, and is C++ mainly (although Python bindings exist I've > heard). > I don't know about OpenGL, but if your app is not GPL, you'd have to pay > big money.
Why is that ? OpenGL is part of Xfree 4.0.x (donated by SGI), and i think to use OpenGL, you just need to have the developpment packages of Xfree 4 installed (and Xfree 4 made it to woody on november 2 :))) Friendly, Sven Luther
