I have the book, and it is definitely out-dated. However, you could use it as a good introductory, or when you sit on the can and need something to read. Other than that you will be better off reading the documentation that comes with the library. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Necas (Yeti)" <yeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 6:03 AM Subject: Re: Help me I bought a GTK+ 1.2 book now!!! > On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 08:27:58AM +0530, Madhusudan C.S wrote: >> I am a newcomer to GTK+ world. Inorder to learn GTK+ I bought a >> book titles "Sams Teach Yourself GTK+ in 21 days" in a local book stores. >> Unfortunately I came to know that the book is based on GTK+ 1.2.6 and not >> on >> GTK+ 2.x which has become the standard for GTK+ development from past 4-5 >> years. But since I am a beginner I don't have any idea of how GTK 1.2.6 >> is >> different from current 2.x. I don't even know whether I have to read from >> that book or not. > > I don't know this book. Generally, overall concepts, such > as how widgets are packed into boxes or that you connect > callbacks to signals in order to react to changes, have not > changed, but many widgets (selectors; list, tree and text > views; combo boxes, ...) were superseded by more modern > alternatives. > > Also the switch from GtkType to GType and generally moving > core functionality from Gtk+ to GLib in 2.x caused lots of > name and preferred style changes. > > You can probably use the book, but always look at the > current API reference whether the thing described is not > deprecated -- and if it is, you will find a pointer to its > replacement there. Also consult the on-line Gtk+ 2.0 > tutorial (which is unfortunately already a bit oudated too). > >> So can someone explain me how GTK+ 1.2 is different from 2.x and >> how its different from beginners point of view. > > I suppose you are aware of > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/migrating.html > >> Also can I learn from that >> book initially atleast so that I will not have any problems when I >> actually >> start coding i.e while compiling. > > Gtk+ 1.2 code would mostly work in 2.x, but it would be > a bad code you don't want to [learn to] write nowadays. > > Yeti > > -- > http://gwyddion.net/ > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
