>> 1. Does the gtk+ can be used as an embedded gui? > >It depends on the complexity of the application and on the amount of storage >space and RAM you have on your device. But basically i'd say yes. There are >some >projects for user interfaces on mobile devices using GTK. (e.g. GPE - >http://gpe.handhelds.org and Maemo - http://maemo.org). > I prefer fltk - it is faster for embedded devices (but if your device is fast enough for gtk then fine). >> 3. Can it be compared to Qt/E or MiniGUI? What are the advantages and >> disadvantages? > >GTK might be a little bit bigger than these two, but it is very powerful >and >there are bindings for many languages available. I personally like GTK because >its native language is C instead of C++ and its good support for powerful >themes. It is easy to develop applications on a desktop PC using the same >API >like on your embedded device and if necessary you can port applications to >run >on that one easily. In addition to this GTK is LGPL licensed which is much >easier to deal with compared to the dual licensing crap for Qt/E. Agreed regarding licenses, but I much prefer C++ to C for this task... >Yes, mostly - you only need to get used to the constraints you have using >an >object framework in C. It is a very good idea to have an API reference, witout >htis you are lost in a compley toolkit like GTK. Devhelp e.g. is very useful. ...because of the confusion this brings up. Although there are c++ bindings for gtk I believe. Its all a matter of choice anyway ;). Have fun, Ed. ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ Christmas gift ideas and festive features - visit the Tiscali Christmas microsite. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/christmas _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
