On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 06:28:57AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > David wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 04:33:52PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> >>I use Qt from Trolltech for that sort of stuff. Granted that means C++. > >>If that is no problem, everything becomes easier because you use its > >>classes for everything, including printing. > >Well.. actually, I've never tried writing C++ code, but as a matter of > >fact, just a day or two ago, I had downloaded some documentation on C++ > >considering getting into it - mainly for the class structuring. > >>What I do is mostly > >>graphics, so maybe that changes things. > >Well, again, perhaps coincidentally, I had considered converting this > >program to a GUI app, just for the fun of it, mostly. However, I've > >been trying to learn GTK. Unfortunately, if I understand correctly, GTK > >doesn't support printing directly, but you have to extend into the GNOME > >interface for printer support. I was hoping to not spread myself too > >thinly by adding another interface (GNOME) to learn. > I use Qt downloaded from their site. Down side of that is that you have > to compile it. Upside is that you get everything all at once. Debian has > all their stuff but in separate packages. That wouldn't be a problem here. Although I'm trying to be close to 100% Debian, I already have a little stuff in /usr/local/ so a little more would not hurt. > Anyway, they have a very extensive examples section and excellent > documentation that refers to the examples. You can't beat it. So it > would be a matter of starting with their examples and changing it. They > claim on their site that various universities use them as the C++ > teaching tool. Also with them you are platform independent. I have not > tried their latest claim to fame: app generation from GUI. I start with > code. You might try that too. I definitely will look into it. Again, I've never tried C++ programming, but perhaps it's time I got into it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
