matt, i love this suggestion. didn't know about gtk_init_check(). thanks
for mentioning it. definitely the thing to use!
thank you!
pete
begin: Matt Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote
> One way to do this that I haven't seen posted here yet is to assume that
> GTK is available and use gtk_init_check() to initialize
> it. gtk_init_check() behaves just like gtk_init() except that it does not
> terminate the program if the GUI can't be initialized; instead it returns
> a false gboolean value. This solution is probably more portable than
> using the DISPLAY variable since it isn't X specific. It should work on
> Windows, GTK running on a framebuffer, or whatever.
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> > hi all,
> >
> > i have a program that has both a gtk and ncurses interface. i'd like to have
> > main() call GTKmain() if the program is run from some kind of xterm. and of
> > course, i'd like NCURSESmain() to execute if the program is run from a console.
> >
> > i'm clueless about how to check which environment the program is running
> > from. how is this done from C?
> >
> > thanks,
> > pete
> >
> >
>
>
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