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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Qt or Gtk? (from an Ada perspective)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:49:18 +0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:34:41 -0700, alb348 wrote:

> Which of the two is better supported in Ada, Qt or Gtk?
> 
> Also, which of the two is easier to use? (for a beginner)
> 
> Note: what I actually need to use is a very small subset of the
> functionality offered by these toolkits, in that I will only use some
> basic GUI functions like text edit boxes, as well as file I/O and text
> processing. But not much beyond that.

Like some of the other answers, I cannot say which is easier, having only 
used GTKAda. However I would have to say that using GTKAda for simple 
purposes is not especially difficult.

Just posted this evening is a basic tutorial on using the GTKAda-Builder 
tool with Glade...

http://wiki.ada-dk.org/building_gui_with_glade_3

- Brian