I don't want to pick nits, but I also don't want someone new to the subject to get the wrong idea either..
Qt and GTK+ are both more than just graphics. Qt is more comparable to the standard Java libraries in scope - everything from GUI to DB drivers to process/thread management. GTK+ builds on GLib, giving it a similarly broad feature set. ~Ryan On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Daniel Eggleston<[email protected]> wrote: > KDE is a desktop environment. It contains things like, a window manager > (kwin), taskbar (kicker), desktop display, file manager/web browser > (konqueror). > > The KDE headers help you integrate with the K Desktop Environment, which > uses the QT widget set (which is a set of widgets used for displaying > windows). > > GTK is another widget set, and Gnome is an associated desktop environment > (used the metacity window manager, I think it uses compiz or something now) > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Dos-Man 64 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In Linux Rapid Application Development by Cameron Hughes and Tracey >> Hughes, the authors show c++ programming examples for QT and >> (apparently) KDE programming libraries. The QT examples include >> headers files that begin with a Q ("qmessagebox.h"), while the K >> programs have header files that begin with a k ("kapp.h"). >> >> Both of these appear to link to the same qt library, but I haven't >> been able to get any of the programs to compile. Can someone please >> explain to me what is the difference between these two? I thought KDE >> was a window manager, not a programming library. >> -- http://rmgraham.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/rmgraham --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
