[ILUG] Linux Gui Toolkits

[John P. Looney]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:24:05AM +0100, Jonathan Harrington mentioned:
> I was wondering what you considered to be the "best" linux gui toolkit. 
> I am looking for something oo (will be using with c++) and preferably 
> with python bindings. Have been looking at foX, FLTK, lesstif, 
> wxWindows, Qt, Gtk+ and was wondering what peoples experience is with 
> these. All comments would be appreciated including licensing and  the 
> speed differences when using a wrapper like Gtk-- compared to Qt. I 
> would also like library to be cross-platform but this is not top 
> priority if it runs under linux. Does anyone have any experiences with 
> any of these library's in a commercial environment?

 If it's C++, and in a commerical environment, I'd have to say Qt. You can
get proper support from Troll if there is a problem, and it'll work 100%
on Windows or Linux if you are careful. Qt is a very very good Tookkit,
and apps like Kdevelop are very mature.

 GTK+ is nice too, it's natively C, but does have decent C++ bindings.
It's possibly worth trying it out, and seeing how you like it - I like it
much more than Qt, mainly because I'm not that proficent in C++.

 I'd personally steer away from the others, unless you intend shipping
static copies of your software, as many people won't have it installed.

Kate

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