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In kdesktop, how do i make a window with graphics thats not a game? I assume this uses the XWindows, but i dont know how to actually make a window in it because i cnat find a decent tutorial. Im using Mandrake 10.0, if it makes any difference. I know that i can do it in Gnome using GTK, I dont know hardly any KDE commands though. Thanks in advance, if you could understand that :P
well gtk is more considered to be on gnome but of course it is on kde also. You don't have to know any "Kde commands"(whatever that is) but you do have to learn a whole lot of functions for gtk that follow c syntax(This is called an API). If you are in kde you might want to look into qt. There is no linux.h like in windows. So you need to use api's that are popular and work.
[edit]forgot Xwindowing system is written in Xaw, you know when you startx for the first time without any window/desktop manager.
Xlib and Xt/Athena are pretty much standard. You can use those if you don't want to have dependency on a library like that. But it is far more difficult.
qt
gtk
motif
are all good starting points. These are called "widget sets" which derive from the Xt widgets. To do what you want to do, you will most definitely go down the road of using widgets.
www.gtkmm.org
www.wxwidgets.org
They are all written in C++. It is free.
Well, i tried QT, but i can never figure it out, i go step by step in the tutorial, and when it says to get a icon or something, i can lok all over the place, and not find the required files...
I didnt know that GTK would work on KDE, then again, i dont know much about Linux, either, lol.
Thanks for the links, ill look into them.
I also oredered a book that should have it in there.. But if you guys know any other good books, let me know.
The book im getting is called Beginning Linux Programming, if ya'll ever heard of it. Probably wont help me much, but ill try ;)
maybe advanced linux programming:p I bought it, but they have an online version for free:D
Beginning Linux Programming???? That is very good. From wrox, isn't it? I give two thumbs up.
Got it. Yes, it's from wrox, and it looks nice. I never knew that Xterm could have a calender like that! lol.
Well, ill give this a shot.
I'll post if i have any other problems.
Thank you all!
it's all about ADLP
Advanced Linux Programming
-LC