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I'm looking to start developing Linux, specifically graphical elements and visuals. For example, the gnome-panel. I would be developing graphical interfaces like that. So the question is, what do I need to know? What resources do I need? I've looked all around for resources and I've discovered qt (of course) FVWM, and looked through an archived version of lynucs.org. So, what should I begin with? I haven't found a single tutorial on creating graphical elements for linux, so hopefully someone here can help me.
Thanks.
In Qt you have a very good documentation. You can start with some easy tutorials and than work on with more advanced concepts.
Here is a good starting point: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.1/qtdoc/gettingstarted.html
If you are looking to develop desktop components that integrate with Linux desktops, then the answer is not straightforward. Depending on the desktop environment you develop for, you have to use different libraries.
If it is for Gnome, then definitely look into GTK+, or more recently Javascript.
If it is for KDE, then you should use Qt, as KDE is written entirely in Qt.
For working on gnome-panel (or some other GNOME component), you could look into GTK+.
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I'm searching for an application written in C++ with a neat codebase, to learn from and maybe even contribute to it. A lot of applications written in C++ are either very large or doing some really advanced stuff, which is just the domain of C++.
A good candidate of size and shape would be something like pacman and libalpm from Archlinux, but it is written in plain C, not C++. WebKit is just far to big and Protobuf is looking awkward. Gnote looks to be a good starting point and I'm also using GNOME, but I wasn't sure about it because it offers a GUI. Which brings me back to pacman; I'm already using it myself and it doesn't distract with stuff like a GUI.
So I decided to look for something small and sane, which offers a CLI and which I can use myself. I opened the search of github with the terms note + c++ + stars and the result is taskwarrior. A brief look on the source of task(warrior) looks promising.
Do you know a neat project which written in C++?
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I'm searching for a consultation, or maybe an opinion, a suggestion, or something like this.
I'm starting a project (desktop application) that is something like an IDE for writing books/reports. I'm planing to introduce LaTeX features, if I can name them in a such way.
So the question is: Is it possible to integrate a LaTeX script or plug-in in my software in order to have the needed features?
Waiting for questions or suggestions on my topic.
Thanks in advance!
P.S. Sorry if this topic was already posted.
Not sure I understand your question correctly. I never heard of some kind of LaTeX library or plugin of some kind, which is readily available to be integrated in other programs.
You tagged your question 'qt' so I assume, you use Qt as your framework. The only way I see to integrate LaTeX into Qt is using QProcess. Write your LaTeX code, start pdflatex with QProcess. The question then is if you can do something with the created pdf file.
Look for MikTeX and TeXworks. If you google those, you should be able to get the links to download those. That should do what you need.
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I recently ditched C# for C++ because I enjoy coding in it much more.
However, I really do miss Windows Forms and how simple it was to create windows, buttons, etc.
Are there any good C++ libraries out there similar to .NET windows forms? I CAN use C++/CLI, but it bugs me that there isn't any intellisense in Visual Studio!
You may want to look at Qt. I find that the signals and slots is a fairly simple concept to pick up if you're used to Windows Forms.
I would recommend you Qt. It has got great documentation and it is really simple to learn and use. Also it has huge abilities. For example Google Earth was using it :) Here some more informations.
Try wxWidgets. It compiles on many differnt plattforms and in contrast to Qt features native widgets, significantly imporving usability.
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I'm looking at MeVisLab's interface for generating views of data and I find that that way of viewing control structures is extremely intuitive.
It is especially the connected boxes I'm liking, is there any kind of framework that supplies this sort of interface. I know it can be done using Qt but beleave it takes ALOT of work.
Does anyone know of frameworks for making this type of gui?
This is not c++, but i think it covers your problem, so i would suggest WireIt.
Examples:
http://neyric.github.com/wireit/plugins/editor/examples/logicGates/index.html
http://neyric.github.com/wireit/plugins/composable/examples/jsBox/jsBox.html
It is a Java Script library, so the browser would be your GUI. But i really think, that using the browser is a good thing to do. Learning HTML, CSS and Java Script is about as difficult as learning a new GUI framework. You could concentrate on HTML5 and ignore old browsers and maybe use a nice lib like jQuery, which is like the boost of js. Even if your GUI would only work on Firefox you would still support more platforms than most GUI-Toolkits.
You would of course have to embed a small http-server in your c++ code, you could use libmicrohttpd or mongoose for that.
In the end you have used tools that are very reusable and will have a broader applicability than GUI Frameworks.
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What is a really good Windows, C++, UI library, framework, or tool that will allow me to very simply and easily add a slick look & feel to my native C++ win32 application?
Also;
Slick means skinnable with window background images, fancy buttons, shadows, all that jazz.
This is non-MFC
Supporting Windows XP and beyond
Royalty free licensing (we expect a lot of installs)
VS2008
Qt has all you are asking for.
Another library you might consider is WTL. Open source + small binary footprint = was good for a large number of downloads and installs.
Another possibility you might want to consider is Ultimate++.
Thanks to Scott Hanselman, I have heard of Hilo, even though it looks like its for Windows 7 or newer.