[Re: [lazarus] GTK Dependencies in CONTROLS.PP, VCLGLOBALS.PP]

[Snijders, V.]

Do you have any tips where to start studying it.

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> From: 	Michal Bukovjan[SMTP:mbukovjan at netscape.net]
> Subject: 	Re: [Re: [lazarus] GTK Dependencies in CONTROLS.PP,
> VCLGLOBALS.PP]
> 
> The same was for me. I, too, am/was used to Win32 API. I was brave enough
> to
> begin to study GLib/GTK and found out :
> 
> 1. It is quite simple in many ways (not in all ways, though).
> 2. The biggest advantage is - it is Open Source. If you wonder how certain
> things are accomplished, and understand C code, you can look inside and
> see.
> 3. Many thinks are designed or implemented the same way as in Win32
> (device
> contexts, pens, brushes).
> 4. After a while you realize, how Win32 API is lame for its handles,
> messages,
> etc. and understand, among other things, how the Win32 -> Win64 transition
> will be difficult.
> 
> Just my opinion.
> 
> Michal Bukovjan
> 
> Pascal Dutilleul <pduti at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > In fact that's the reason why I'm hesitate to jump into the lazarus
> > project.  I don't know a thing about GTK, so I should first look a bit
> > to that library before I could start to participate.  It would be much
> > easier for me if I could use win32 api.  On the other hand, I like to
> > use lazarus under linux, so finally I should learn GTK a bit, I guess
> > ...
> > 
> > Pascal
> > 
> > --- "Jeffrey A. Wormsley" <daworm at cc.net> wrote:
> > > On 8/1/99, at 10:37 PM, Michael A. Hess wrote: 
> > > 
> > > > Let's try to get all the bugs
> > > > cleaned up and
> > > > working with one API before getting things to
> > > confused.
> > > 
> > > Starting early seemed like a good way to
> > > go.  As it is right
> > > now, everyone is concentrating on linux gtk.  Even
> > > winbloze gtk is getting
> > > something of a short shrift.  Since I am much more
> > > familiar with the win32
> > > environment than gtk in either flavor, it seemed to
> > > make some sense to me
> > 
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