>> As for creating GTK interfaces, I recommend glade-2. Is there any reason you don't recommend glade-3 instead of glade-2? I've just recently started playing around with glade-3 (I've never used any other version), and so far I like it pretty well. I understand 3 is a complete rewrite, though -- is 2 better in some way?
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Donald J Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 05:11:27PM -0500, Huan Truong wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > As the summer break is drawing near and I think I will have some spare > > weeks sitting at home so I decided to learn to program in linux, > > specifically how to (1) create a GNOME GTK application, (2) pack it > > for some architectures for debian (amd64 and i386) and (3) put it with > > some other required packages on a repo. > > If you want to package something for distributions (including > Ubuntu) then presumably you'll want to read the Debian > developers' materials. I studied to be a Debian developer for a > while, so I think I can say with some authority that there is > plenty to learn. It would be great to have someone current on > the topic around here though (I'm a bit rusty these days). > > As for creating GTK interfaces, I recommend glade-2. It allows > you to draw your interfaces interactively and then sort of "hook > them" to your program. I personally have been writing my Gnome > applications in Perl mostly, but you can do C and other languages > as well. > > If you want to really join the free software world, you'll > eventually want to learn C. It's like the King's English, > everyone knows some. Unix and C are like conjoined twins, they > just go together. > > Don > > -- > Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >
