Hi Bob!
I wish I could take on a project like that, but I don't have the qualifications nor would I be able to write a book in a style that would honor Gtkmm as it truly deserves; on the contrary, I just might scare future Gtkmm programmers away. :(. Sad but true.
But I hope that my message will be read by someone who has the ability and qualifications that would take to write a book of a GUI tool that is as magnificent as GTKmm.
* You cannot exercise your power to a point of humiliation.
- Jean Chretien
* It's amazing how the small seeds of distrust and misunderstanding
can yield a crop of hate and death...
* If that document has fine printing anywhere, just chuck it in the garbage
- Jorge Escalante
Ma'assalama! Adiós! bye!
- Jean Chretien
* It's amazing how the small seeds of distrust and misunderstanding
can yield a crop of hate and death...
* If that document has fine printing anywhere, just chuck it in the garbage
- Jorge Escalante
Ma'assalama! Adiós! bye!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Caryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jamiil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Gtkmm List <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:22:13 -0600
Subject: Re: The flexibility of printed information
Hey Jamiil, Sounds like you've found yourself a mission in life! Bob Jamiil wrote: > Ever since I started tinkering around the GTK+ and later on Gtkmm > toolkits, I've noticed a steady flow of programmers talking more and > more, and more passionately, about these toolkits. > > It came as a blessing when "Sams Teach Yourself GTK+ Programming in 21 > Days" was put on the bookstores' shelves in the year 2000. I remember > having to line up at the teller and noticing that two out of five > people had this book in their baskets or under their arms. That was my > queue to get on my newly installed Linux box and start typing GTK+ > code, sooner than later, I said to myself, this toolkit will become a > bread maker. Six years have gone by and there are very few programmers > who don't know what GTK+ is, and they are now making bread with it > (that is. are making money with it, in case you don't get my meaning). > I have found many GUI applications written in the C++ paradigm, but > using GTK+ code, which we fondly called "GTK++ code". The reason these > programmers are doing this is because it is easy to learn from a book, > since it can be taken to an unoccupied boardroom or a coffee shop. I > have found myself reading for hours in front of the computer, > neglecting my own biological needs because I cannot take the PC to > attend to them, or in buses or airplanes wishing I was able to just > pull a book and continue reading more about Gtkmm. The flexibility > that printed information provides is undoubtedly unmatchable. > > The documentation of Gtkmm is substantial and reach with examples, > however, for some programmers, like myself, who find the eloquence of > a book as important as the dry and tacit information it tries to > convey, as well the ability to carry that information to a more > convenient very important, a book on Gtkmm would come as true blessing. > > Gtkmm is no longer a baby child of GTK+, it has become a young adult > deserving of recognition and a status of independence. A book on Gtkmm > *must be written, there is no other option, and this must be done > before new programmers start to drift away, to a less powerful, but > more flexibly documented toolkit. >
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