Re: Motif or GNOME? (semi-repost)
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 05:45:32PM +0000, Hadess wrote:
> Bill wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I tried to ask this earlier but got my terminology mixed up and I
> > don't think my question made sense. I'll try again.
> >
> > I need to develop an app for analyzing data and graphically (3D)
> > displaying results, preferrably with C++, X Windows, and OpenGL.
> >
> > I need to be able to move my development efforts, and the app itself, to
> > as many platforms as possible as I'll be moving and don't know what kind of
> > platform will be at my next locale.
> >
> > Second priority is speed, as it will be extremely computational- and
> > diskI/O- intensive.
> >
> > Should I use Motif, or the newer GNOME (or KDE)?
>
> Gtk and Gnome are very nice to write apps with, and Gtk+ has been ported
> to quite a few platforms, although the ports are still in development in
> Gtk+ 2.0. Gtk+ has a GL widget called GtkGLarea, and C++ bindings (Gtk--
> is the most advanced afaik)
>
> You might want to look at Qt if your app is going to be GPL, it has a
> Windows port, and is C++ mainly (although Python bindings exist I've
> heard).
> I don't know about OpenGL, but if your app is not GPL, you'd have to pay
> big money.
Why is that ? OpenGL is part of Xfree 4.0.x (donated by SGI), and i think
to use OpenGL, you just need to have the developpment packages of Xfree 4
installed (and Xfree 4 made it to woody on november 2 :)))
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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