rsbriggs
08-26-2003, 05:37 PM
What is the easiest way to do Linux graphics programming? The libraries and so forth that need to be loaded to do any graphic programming under Linux seem ridiculous.....
Was even thinking about doing some GTK# programming - got mono installed OK, but after two hours of chasing down dependencies I still didn't couldn't get all the libraries installed that I needed to be able to compile and run a GTK# program.
Is GTK+ mostly for Gnome?
Do I fire up gcc and write in (raw) GTK+ ?
PERL with graphics extensions?
Python?
Java? (gasp)
Something else?
I'm wanting to do something fairly simple - something along the lines of DCMonitor for my Linux server. All the DF directories are available locally - the clients NFS mount directories under /home.
So --- a graphics program that allows you to enter/edit a list of file paths. Simple list-box type gadget would be fine. Reads through the list. Reads and parses progress.txt for each entry in the list. Shows changes from last (selectable interval) update...
In C# under Windows, I'd have this done in a matter of a few minutes, even though my main expertise is 'C' under UNIX (but not X programming).
Suggestions? Comments? Rude Remarks?
Was even thinking about doing some GTK# programming - got mono installed OK, but after two hours of chasing down dependencies I still didn't couldn't get all the libraries installed that I needed to be able to compile and run a GTK# program.
Is GTK+ mostly for Gnome?
Do I fire up gcc and write in (raw) GTK+ ?
PERL with graphics extensions?
Python?
Java? (gasp)
Something else?
I'm wanting to do something fairly simple - something along the lines of DCMonitor for my Linux server. All the DF directories are available locally - the clients NFS mount directories under /home.
So --- a graphics program that allows you to enter/edit a list of file paths. Simple list-box type gadget would be fine. Reads through the list. Reads and parses progress.txt for each entry in the list. Shows changes from last (selectable interval) update...
In C# under Windows, I'd have this done in a matter of a few minutes, even though my main expertise is 'C' under UNIX (but not X programming).
Suggestions? Comments? Rude Remarks?