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GTK+ - GNU toolkit for X windows development

GTK+ is a set of libraries to create graphical user interfaces. It consists of the following component libraries:
Glib
Provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions, string utilities, and a lexical scanner.
GDK
A wrapper for low-level windowing functions.
GTK
An advanced widget set.

The program works on many Unix-like platforms, and bindings for other languages, including C++, Objective C, Guile/Scheme, Perl Python, TOM, Ada95, Free Pascal, and Eiffel, have been written.

GTK+ is an Open Source Free Software GUI Toolkit, primarily developed for use with the X Window System. Everything about GTK+ from the object-oriented design to the Free Software LGPL licensing allows you to code your project with the most freedom possible. You can develop open software, free software, or even proprietary non-free software without having to spend a dime for licenses or royalties.



Obtaining

Web pagehttp://www.gtk.org/
Source tarballftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.4/gtk+-2.4.4.tar.gz
Version 2.4.4 (stable) released on 2004-07-09
Version 2.5.0 (devel) released on 2004-07-20
Licensed under LGPL.
This is a GNU package.

Documentation
User online tutorial available at http://www.gtk.org/tutorial/; User online tutorial available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/tutorial/; User reference manual available at http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/index.html; Programmer's manual available in HTML at http://developer.gnome.org/doc/GGAD/ggad.html; User's install guide available in HTML format from http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-building.html; Printed programmer's manual available from http://www.newriders.com/.
Support contacts

Announce List<gtk-list@gnome.org>
Help List<gtk-list@gnome.org>
Developer List<gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org>; <gtk-devel-list@gnome.org>
Bug List<bug-gtk@gnu.org>

Project contacts

Maintainers
Developers

Related information

Source repository:pserver: anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome
InterfacesX Window System, library
Programsglib, GDK, GTK
Source languagesC
Supported languagesC, Ada95, C++, Dylan, Eiffel, Guile, Haskell, JavaScript, Objective C, Objective Caml, Objective Label, Pascal, Perl, Pike, Python, TOM
Build prerequisitesJPEG/PNG/TIFF libraries, pkg-config 0.8 or later
Weak prerequisiteslibiconv, gettext
Related programsGlade, GIMP

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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