Gtk+ Programming in C - Softcover

Logan, Syd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130142646 ISBN 13: 9780130142641

Publisher: Pearson P T R, 2001

Synopsis

Covering such topics as Gtk widgets, GLIB, and GDK, an authoritative reference guides users through the basics of developing GUI applications for the Gtk+ toolkit in a Linux/Unix environment. Original. (Advanced).

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The ultimate guide to building graphical Linux(r)/UNIX(r) applications with Gtk+ 1.2!

• Write great graphical applications for Linux(r) and UNIX(r)!
• Leverage the full power of Gtk+ 1.2, GLIB, and GDK
• Includes comprehensive Gtk+ widget coverage: explanations, examples, and reference
• Also contains Linux/UNIX C programming quick-start/refresher

The more popular Linux becomes, the more developers want to build graphical applications that run in Linux/UNIX environments-and Gtk+ 1.2 offers a powerful toolset for doing so. In this start-to-finish tutorial and reference, respected Linux/UNIX developer Syd Logan covers everything programmers need to begin building powerful graphical applications with Gtk+ 1.2 immediately. Gtk+ Programming in C covers all this, and more:

• The fundamentals of Linux/UNIX programming with C
• A quick GTK+ startup section for novices: constructing simple applications, step by step
• Understanding GTK+'s flexible C-based, object-oriented architecture
• Working with signals, events, objects, and types
• Comprehensive widgets coverage: base, menu, layout, range, scrollbar, scale, container, text, and more
• Creating and using dialogs
• Container and Bin classes
• Expert introductions to the GLIB and GDK libraries

If you're ready to write easy-to-use applications for the world's fastest growing, most robust OS platforms, you've come to the right book: Gtk+ Programming in C, by Syd Logan.

About the Author:

SYD LOGAN has been a software developer for 12 years, working almost exclusively in UNIX and C environments. He is currently a UNIX software engineer for Netscape Communications. Logan has covered the X Image Extension for Unix Review, Unix Developer, the X Journal, and the Linux Journal. Logan is author of Developing Imaging Applications with XIELib (Prentice Hall PTR).

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson P T R
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130142646
• ISBN 13: 9780130142641
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 830