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The [Gimp ToolKit | http://www.gtk.org/] was written as the foundation to carry TheGimp. At the time, the only alternatives were Motif, which has a very restrictive license, and [Qt], which wasn't completely FreeSoftware either and is specifically targetted at [C++]. These were both deemed unacceptable for the reasons given, so a new ToolKit was created and released under the [LGPL]. It is nowadays known as just [GTK] and has become a familiar sight ([see some screenshots | http://www.gtk.org/screenshots/]).
;: [http://www.gtk.org/images/gtk-logo-rgb.gif]
-It's the
ToolKit of choice for most any
serious application
on Linux, such as [Mozilla
], OpenOffice
, and XimianEvolution
to name but a few obvious examples. Entire [DesktopEnvironment]s like [GNOME] and [XFce] are built on top of it. While it's written in [C], it has bindings to many other languages. [C++] was the first to get such a library, called [gtkmm | http://gtkmm.sf.net/] (for __gtk--__). There's also [PyGTK | http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/] for [Python] and [Gtk2-Perl | http://gtk2-perl.sf.net/] for [Perl]. The 2.x series of [GTK] is fully internationalized using [Pango] and supports accessibility through the [ATK] libraries. (See [GTK2] for more information on the 2.x series.)
+It's a very popular
ToolKit and many
serious applications
on Linux, such as [Evolution
], [Dia] or [Bluefish]
, to name but a few obvious examples, use it
. Entire [DesktopEnvironment]s like [GNOME] and [XFce] are built on top of it. While it's written in [C], it has bindings to many other languages. [C++] was the first to get such a library, called [gtkmm | http://gtkmm.sf.net/] (for __gtk--__). There's also [PyGTK | http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/] for [Python] and [Gtk2-Perl | http://gtk2-perl.sf.net/] for [Perl]. The 2.x series of [GTK] is fully internationalized using [Pango] and supports accessibility through the [ATK] libraries. (See [GTK2] for more information on the 2.x series.)
Even a [Windows port | http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/] exists ([see some screenshots | http://gtk-wimp.sourceforge.net/screenshots/]). Another version called [Cursed GTK | http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/] now in development uses [Curses] instead of [X11], which allows [GUI] applications to run on the console. [The screenshots | http://zemljanka.sourceforge.net/cursed/screenshots/] are rather reminiscent of [Borland]'s !TurboVision IDE for [DOS]...
