1. GtkBook
The GtkBook is an ambitious project that aims to create new useable and world class documentation for the Gtk tool kit, in code as well as concepts.
Its is aimed to be useful to the hacker as well as the novice in their attempt to master the nuances of the Gtk toolkit to develop better free-software faster and easier.
The documents are to be written in simple unprepossesing english and are expected to be translated to many languages as soon as the project nears initial release stages.
Gtk is a toolkit thats patronized widely and rightly at that. Its the initial learning curve that we target in this book and we have to overcome for any serious programmer to contribute to the Gtk world.
The project is titled A Journey through GTK.
2. Development Mode
This project will aim to write this book, via the *
- this wiki,
- mailing lists gtkbook[at]freelists[dt]org).
- Write files in LaTeX and post it to the list.
Anyone can contribute via WIKI here, and we will update the code/docs in our gtkbook repository at SourceForge. The main idea of opening up a wiki is to enable faster development of the book.
3. License
We will use the GNU FDL'd license, or if GNOME foundation needs another model which is free, then fine.
Rationale behind the license is to follow GTK+ in development, as its a moving target. Other licenses will obsolete the work and be self destructive.
4. TOC
We would be really happy if you can finish this book with all the details in this TOC's. http://gtkbook.sourceforge.net/contents.html. A brief version of the actual TOC is here.
Table Of Contents
Table of Contents
AuthorsAuthors
PrefacePreface
Copyrights Copyrights,Licenses and Legal B.S [FDL'ed]
Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
Chapter1 Introducing GTK+, GDK & GLib
Chapter2 Beginning on the GTK+ journey
Chapter3 The Basic Widgets
Chapter4 MVC based Widgets
Chapter5 Pango, Fonts & i18n , l10n : The pango library
Chapter6 GTK+ & GDK: Color & Graphics
Chapter7 The object model of Gtk: GObject,Glib subs systems
Chapter8 Accesibility in Style, with GTK+: Accelerators, Stock, Style
Chapter9 Introduction to Glade & LibGlade
Chapter11 A peek into GNOME progamming.
Chapter12 Components:Extra GNOME programming
Chapter13 Paradigms of event driven programming.
Chapter14 Platforms and Language Bindings. {C,C++,C#,Python,Perl,Ruby,Scheme,Octave,..}
Appendix A
Support for Gtk, mailing lists, URL, useful websites.: Setting up GTK+ on GNU Linux Win32. Compiling from the source.
Appendix B
Limited, GTK+ API Reference for used functions in example code.and explanations.
Appendix C
Using vi and emacs: pointers to tutorials, and docs.A simple 2 page Vi 2 page Emacs tutorials.
Appendix D
GNU command-line programs at a glance. [patch, diff, cvs, gdb etc..]
Appendix E
The gcc compiler and other GNU tools libtool,automake, autoconf etc.
Appendix F
Source code of these progams and associated Makefiles on CD!
Appendix G
Online resources and websites
GlossaryGlossary of Terms:
CreditsCredits
IndexIndex
5. Contact Person
You can mail me or the Lists for ideas and discussion of the project.
6. Download Book
A preliminary release with examples, code and docs is available at the http://sf.net/projects/gtkbook page.
