Re: Developing X11 apps on OS X
Re: Developing X11 apps on OS X
- Subject: Re: Developing X11 apps on OS X
- From: Nick Zitzmann <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:45:02 -0800
On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 12:56 PM, J. Todd Slack wrote:
I don't know very much at all about developing an X11 based
application, I am just starting out. I have a new 12" AlPB and I want
to put it to good use.
So using Apple's X11 implementation, how can I develop X11 apps on Mac
OS X (and run them on OS X under X11 and Linux, etc)
What tools do I need.
You're best off starting out with a GUI toolbox. There's four of them
that are in wide use in the X11 world:
* Qt, <http://www.trolltech.com/>
* GTK+, <http://www.gimp.org/> and <http://www.gnome.org/>
* GNUstep, <http://www.gnustep.org/> but because this is an OpenStep
clone (which lives on as Apple's Cocoa frameworks), it's not in wide
use on OS X
* Motif, which is not free but there is a free clone available at
<http://www.lesstif.org/>
Qt and GTK+ use C++, GNUstep uses ObjectiveC, and I'm not sure about
Motif. Qt and GTK+ seem to be the most popular these days... Anyway,
you can probably get started by using Fink.
Nick Zitzmann
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