Hi after using java for a while i have decided to look into c and c++, but i'm having a problem with the GUI part.
Ideally i would like to be able to distribute/sell GUI based applications made in c or c++ over the internet.
Currently I'm running Mac sox 10.6 (Snow leopard) and wish to continue doing so although i am willing to use windows
as a last resort.
I have been using the netbeans IDE for Java and i have used it a bit for C just the basic command line IO. And i would like to continue using netbeans , i'm not bothered about coding GUI's by hand although i don't mind GUI builders long and they don't suck. I am also willing to use a different IDE like xcode or another alternative, just not eclipse.
I would like to make my applications including the GUI Cross platform so mac/windows/linux. So i would like to use the same GUI toolkit for all of them if possible.
From what i know though i may be wrong the following fit my criteria
FLTK - I've not really looked into it that much
GTK+ - I've spent hours trying to get this to work in Snow leopard but it seems to have a problem when it comes to GLIB. Some thing
about libiconv and iconv.h being included and not used. Not sure if its OS specific i have asked on the GTK+ forum but no reply
Wxwidgets - Again i don't know much about it
Qt - This i believe this is C++ only and it cost's about £1000 for a single user license and i don't have that kind of money. Although there is an Open source version but all my applications have to be open source as well. Which isn't the road i want to be able to go down.
Now after wasting so much time trying to get GTK+ to work i don't want to start looking at another toolkit to end up in the same situation. I spent ages trying to compile it maybe i did it wrong but i couldn't find any good info on installing it.
In short i would like to make multi plat GUI apps in c or c++ but i don't know what toolkit to use or even where i should start
Thanks for taking the time to read my problem sorry if its in the wrong place or has already been answered i'm just getting frustrated with this so i appreciate any help you can give.