About GTK+
GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces.
Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off projects to
complete application suites.
GTK+ is Free Software and part of the GNU Project. However, the licensing
terms for GTK+, the GNU LGPL, allow it to be used by all developers, including those developing proprietary
software, without any license fees or royalties.
GTK+ is based on three libraries developed by the GTK+ team:
- GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME.
It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality
as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
- Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on
internationalization. It forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.
- The ATK library provides a set of interfaces for accessibility. By supporting the ATK interfaces, an
application or toolkit can be used with such tools as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices.
GTK+ has been designed from the ground up to support a range of languages, not only C/C++. Using GTK+ from languages
such as Perl and Python (especially in combination with the
Glade GUI builder, currently not available for Win32) provides an effective
method of rapid application development.
Please note that GTK+ for Win32 is currently still in beta state. A release-quality version will be
available when the next version is out.
Documentation
The API reference, tuturial etc. can be found at the GTK+ website:
http://www.gtk.org/
The original GTK+ for Win32 site is located at: http://www.gimp.org/win32/
Download
Release date: 11 March 2002
GTK+ 2.0.0 runtime libraries (3.1 MB)
GTK+ 2.0.0 development package (1.1 MB)
