wxwidgets or fltk or other?

[poolisfun]

greetings,
i want to make gui using c++.
i want it to be work on linux and mac also.
i want gui to be free for me to use FOR EVERY PROGRAM
i want it to be fast efficient.
i want it it to look the same as other program in linux/mac i compile to (they have different look you know)
i want to use it for long time [i dont want to learn 2 times gui making!!!]
i want it to be easy to use

i see fltk and wxwidgets maybe good?? other better?!?!
tell me which one better.
is fltk going to get better and better or it just become orphan like others????

[Peter_APIIT]

Example of wxWidgets is code blocks IDE. I suggest you check their screeshot and decide which is your preferences.

[Lindley]

I haven't heard anything good about FLTK.

WxWidgets will eventually have a Cocoa backend; for now you'll have to make due with Carbon. So on Mac it won't look *quite* like the newest other programs.

[ath]

FLTK is supposed to be "lightning-fast", hence the name. It will probably keep the focus on being small, portable and fast at the expense of features and "modern" stuff. Great for simple or specialised things (which is why I've used it). FLTK is rather specialised so my guess is it will never become "big" but not disappear either.

I'd recommend wx since it is a fully fledged GUI system with ports to most languages and OSs. It seems to have an active user base and works well. (I've only used wxPython though)

In short:
If you want something quick, dirty, easy for making a few graphs, fltk is probably faster to learn since it's smaller.
If you want to build real GUI's, go for wx.

[poolisfun]

okay wxwidgets is good boy then i can use him.
fltk is bad boy you say so he can go away

[_uj]

is fltk going to get better and better or it just become orphan like others????

I think fltk will get a boost because it's used as model GUI in a new book by Stroustrup (founder of C++). The book is called "Programming, Principles and Practices using C++".

[poolisfun]

wait i look at fltk how to make gui SO MUCH EASIER when i use fltk boy instead of wxwidgets
maybe fltk is a good boy?

wxwidgets BAD BOY hard i cant make easy code it hard weird function stack!?!

[laserlight]

wait i look at fltk how to make gui SO MUCH EASIER when i use fltk boy instead of wxwidgets
maybe fltk is a good boy?

Well, ath did comment that it was "great for simple or specialised things"... so perhaps you should stop thinking of it as a dichotomy between "good boy" and "bad boy".

[poolisfun]

Well, ath did comment that it was "great for simple or specialised things"... so perhaps you should stop thinking of it as a dichotomy between "good boy" and "bad boy".

laserlight Elite Member
you dont like boy?
then i do fltk is good girl and wxwidgets is bad girl

me will use wxwidgets in end i think that

[russellman128]

I would sagest you download quincy2005 http://www.codecutter.net/tools/quincy/
and FLTKexamples. Becouse FLTKexamples has quincy projects files (.PRJ).
So you can drag and drop these examples to see whot FLTK can do.
Gary Russell (ISSW)
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