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Is it safe to combine Gtk/Qt and Win32 in the same source tree?

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Frank Church

I am developing a project whose main GUI is for Windows with a Linux backend.

They both share lots of source mostly in data modules. Is it safe to have both the Linux and Windows projects in the same tree, without any harmful side effects?

I would love to use Qt or Gtk instead of Win32 for the Windows side, but I am not ready to locate subtle bugs and incomplete controls.

PS. On the Linux side which should I go for, Qt or Gtk2?

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leledumbo
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Is it safe to have both the Linux and Windows projects in the same tree,

without any harmful side effects?

Yes, of course. Did you do it so they could share common units?

I would love to use Qt or Gtk instead of Win32 for the Windows side, but I am not ready to locate subtle bugs and incomplete controls

Qt is fairly well on Windows, just as good as Windows API.

On the Linux side which should I go for, Qt or Gtk2?

Qt is nicer but KDE has a problem with theme, Gnome/Unity seems OK. GTK should be fine on any DE, but the look is not as beautiful as Qt.

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Qt is nicer but KDE has a problem with theme, Gnome/Unity seems OK. GTK should be fine on any DE, but the look is not as beautiful as Qt.

When I switch the widget set for one of my (although not very UI-rich) project, I see subtle difference between GTK2 and QT (Ubuntu). What controls you mean when use such radical word as "beautiful" when comparing? :)

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