Re: Standard way of graphics in Linux

Nils O. Selåsdal writes:
If you want a gui toolkit(widgets/controls etc.) /you/ need to make more
choices before starting to code. These again have their own APIs for
drawing - that's why some suggested these libraries.

Note that these libraries are a lyaer above Xlib: they are not alternatives
to it but instead are ways of making X programming less painful.

All this is anyway abit futile if you want to do binary distribution...

Attempting a binary package for multiple distributions is silly. If your
software is of any use the distributions will pull down the source, build
their own packages and add it to their archives. They will take care of
distribution for you. That's their job.
--
John Hasler
john@xxxxxxxxxx
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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