Do you have any tips where to start studying it. > ---------- > From: Michal > 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

> 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

> will be difficult. > > Just my opinion. > > Michal Bukovjan > > Pascal Dutilleul 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" 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 > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe: mail with > > "unsubscribe" as the Subject > > archives at http://www.miraclec.com/list_archives/lazarus > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com. > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe: mail with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject > archives at http://www.miraclec.com/list_archives/lazarus > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.miraclec.com/list_archives/lazarus