[Gllug] Linux and Simple Graphics

[Richard Jones]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:28:56PM +0000, Mick Farmer wrote:
> Dear GLLUGers,
> 
> I'm writing an application in C which needs a simple window
> interface - click on a couple of buttons and draw lines and
> circles on a canvas.  I run Gnome.
> 
> What's the best system to look at?  Glut?  Mesa?  OpenGL?
> OpenGUI?  Something else?

Gtk has a canvas widget which can do the lines & circles, and of
course buttons and other widgets for the rest of the UI.

http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/

Programming Gtk in C is usually an exercise in frustration though.  I
suggest you try out another language.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat
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