i am writing (using C++ and GTKmm) a simple photo browser that is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/jjkrol/ZPR
Currently i am working on creating a button, which will allow user to open currently displayed photo in external editor (for example GIMP). Because of this, i have two questions:
Are there any examples of using Gtk::AppChooserDialog class? I couldn't find any and it's hard to start working on choosing the editor without them.
Most important question - i am thinking about a way to launch an application with photo in command line. The only solution that comes to my mind is using system() call to do something like this: system("gimp /path/to/current/photo.jpg"); , but it is probably not the best way of doing this. Anybody knows a better way? I would like to port my application to Windows someday and a more portable way would be great.
Thank you very much in advance.
Instead of system, you might want to use Glib::spawn_command_line_async. There are other similar functions that gives more control if you need it.
For examples, you might want to look the source code of an application like glom.
Thank you very much for answers, gpoo and ergosys! In the end i decided to use Gio::Appinfo as it looks more OOP-like. If anyone would face the same problem - this is what i have end up with:
Glib::RefPtr<Gio::AppInfo> editor = Gio::AppInfo::create_from_commandline("gimp",
"GIMP", Gio::APP_INFO_CREATE_SUPPORTS_URIS);
Glib::RefPtr<Gio::File> photo = Gio::File::create_for_path(
(*currentPhoto)->getPath().string());
editor->launch(photo);
Of course choosing the editor with Gtk::AppChooserDialog is not yet implemented.
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I can currently achieve this with kbhit, but it appears that is a windows only solution.
Ncurses also looks promising, but it appears to only work for linux (and maybe mac? Is unix the structure mac is based on?).
I especially like the kbhit for it's simplicity, and I like the tool set that ncurses, but I was wondering if there was a simple, easy way to get something running cross-platform without having to maintain essentially 2-3 versions of the code using these different tools?
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I am new to using C++, and I have been trying to plot some basic graphs that include legends in them. I have been googling to find ways to do this, and found that chplot.h can do this, like in the link below:
http://www.softintegration.com/docs/ch/plot/
I want to download this header file online, but can't seem to find it. Is there a website that can do this? Or is there another header file that allows you to plot a legend on a graph?
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Anyway, they say they're based on GNUplot, so you might want to investigate that.
On the other hand, if you want to learn C++ rather than just use it for one particular task, there are easier and better suited problems to start with.
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Do you think ARToolkit is a good solution?
How can I show text messages on screen using ARToolkit?
I found an interesting article here http://mycodelog.com/2010/03/23/printw/.
It easily explains how to implement a "printw" function that works exactly like printf.
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How can I get this accomplished?
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I have a lot of experience with C++ and C#. Where do I get started?
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