[SGVLUG] X11 gui programming - suggestions please

[Dustin Laurence]

On 10/24/2012 12:29 PM, Robert Leyva wrote:

> I am working on a hobbyist project to generate a coded text file based on
> user input.
>
> I am using C++, and MVC design pattern(s).
>
> For the GUI (view the user will interact with) I am researching gtk,
> curses, and such, but never have used any of them before on a project.
>
> Hoping my fellow SGVLUGers might have ideas/suggestions based on your
> experience doing GUI programming.
>
> I dont' think I will need to draw graphics or images. At this stage I
> expect my GUI would just need to view/display/intake keyboard text.

Anything will do simple jobs OK.

FLTK has a reputation (among some, at any rate) as being easy and 
high-performing.  You might also look at the JX project (full disclosure 
warning--it contains code I contributed).

The biggest problem for many users is that the open-source libraries 
tend to look like Windows/OSX from <mumble> versions ago and therefore 
visibly dated, and I'm not sure how easy it is to get around that 
problem because it depends on the exact state of development of the set 
of libraries you're willing to consider at the exact time you want to 
use them.

Dustin