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Subject:	Re: GUI Programming
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Date:	Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:37:41 +1100
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Stephen Balfe wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>     I been programming dos and Linux console programs for a little while
> now,  and was want to get into some GUI programming, mainly under windows
> 98.
>     I'm using djgpp 2.03 and have had a look at the RSXNTDJ 1.5 set of
> programs which I downloaded at the same time.  Having looked at the RSXNTDJ
> help files, however, there does not really seen to be enough information at
> a basic level to get started.
>     I have experimented with some Qt programming under Linux, which I found
> very easy to pick up the basics.  However Qt seems to only be commercially
> available under windows, and is therefore unsuitable.
>
>     My questions are:
> What do most people use for developing GUI programs under Windows?  Is
> RSXNTDJ any good?
>
> Where can I find a good online tutorial to learn GUI programming from the
> ground up to a good level?
>
> Are there any good books you can recommend?
>
> Is there anything similar to qt which I can use?
>
> Also what is the difference between the 32-bit extended dos applications
> output by djgpp's gcc compiler, and the Win32 applications output by
> RSXNTDJ's gccwin32 compiler (after-all, presumably, if you link a library
> such as Qt when using gcc, then gcc will also output GUI applications [this
> is only a guess, I'm not sure if it is correct or not])?

I think either cygwin or mingw are better options for a win32 compiler.

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