He sounds like he's just starting out, and is still grasping object oriented. GTK+ stopped being an option just yet -- it requires more than competent knowledge of C (function pointers!) and object-oriented design. He sounds like he wants to do pixel manipulation, so that rules out GUI toolkits. That sounds like a multimedia library right there. So maybe it's time to learn C & SDL, but it will be a little difficult. In addition, he probably hasn't compiled anything before, or used a makefile or GCC. There's a lot of stuff that has to be reigned in for a newbie linux programmer. Try starting with the language. After he gets used to C, then he can tackle a GUI toolkit like GTK. Although personally, it would be much better if he was introduced to GUIs and graphics libraries at a higher level. Trying to learn C _and_ program graphics/interface is learning two moderately difficult tricks at the same time. I'd recommend starting higher level (use Python, Pygame - that is, SDL for Python) -- learn how graphics libraries work first, and Python provides an easy, gentle introduction to objects. Then, when you're ready, learn C. After that, learn SDL & C. You can google python, and google pygame, for details on how to use them -- I believe Fedora has them in the System->Preferences->Add/Remove Software. You essentially have to learn the C language, also learn the library (GTK or SDL), and possibly learn object-oriented programming (mandatory for any GUI work). He needs to choose one and get comfortable, and then start tackling the other. Python itself is a very easy language to pick up on for a first-time programmer, since it doesn't have the huge compile/make hurdle that C/C++ do, and once you understand basic programming concepts, you could jump to something harder. Or go straight into it: learn how to use gcc, learn how to program C, learn SDL. That's straight into the hard stuff, but much more direct. The choice is yours. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
