Re: A few questions
> I've seen the term mentioned here many times, I've looked in the docs but
> can't find the meaning (so it must be slang). What is a tarball?
*.tar (or *.tar.gz) file ("man tar") is an archive which usually contains
many files in one nice, easy to move and download "tarball".
>
> Other than one is free and the other is not quite... what are the tradeoffs
> between Qt and Gtk? (I'm slightly leaning toward Gtk right now).
There are several major differences between Qt and GTK:
1) Qt has C++ - only API, GTK has C API and C++ wrapper API.
(From my point of view -a big plus for GTK, taking into account the
quality of C++ compilers available).
2) Qt is multi-platform, not limited to UNIX flavors widget set. - A plus
if you need that.
3) Qt is more feature - rich, more stable and WAY better documented.
4) If you don't want to pay a *BIG* money to Troll Tech, you are forced
to choose the license on the software you write using Qt the way Troll Tech
wants. - A HUGE disadvantage of Qt. GTK is LGPL'd and you can use it in
commercial software as well.
5) In general, Motif is better then Gtk in every way - much better documented,
more stable, way more flexible, more standard, etc.
As a whole, because of 1), 4), and 5) I've chosen to dump Qt and have both
Motif and GTK interfaces to my programs. (You may check out some
screenshots at http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/WXFTP/index.html)
Thanks.
Alex Y.
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