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From: jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu (James Darrell McCauley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Turbo C++ and Zinc Interface Library, Recommendations?
Keywords: Zinc, TC++
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Date: 2 Nov 90 21:44:26 GMT
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In article <1990Nov2.015742.19381@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, sgf0z@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven Glenn Fox) writes:
To: sgf0z@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steven Glenn Fox)
Subject: Re: Turbo C++ and Zinc Interface Library, Recommendations?

In article <1990Nov2.015742.19381@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> you write:
|> Sorry if this has been discussed in the past but I am new to 
|> the C++ arena and c.l.c++.  

me too

|> Has anyone used Turbo C++ and the Zinc Interface Library ?

a little


|> I would like to hear any feedback on Zinc and GUI development.  
|> 
|> How well developed is the product? the class libraries? the docs 
|> and support? the event manager?

Though I'm still trying to figure everthing out, I've found the 
Zinc libraries to be very nicely done.  Their reference manual 
is very good (in explaining the use of each object type). The 
programmer's guide is okay but perhaps a little compact for my 
tastes. (I didn't learn C from K&R!)  Tech support is fair 
(talked to them twice).  Their BBS could use a few more examples.  

One frustrating thing is their format for icons (bitmaps), 
though I've just overcome that problem.  Their tech support 
suggested that I use graph paper to create them, but I've just 
hacked one of Jef Poskanser's pbm utilities to go from 
PBM -> Zinc Format.  I'll post it a little later once I get a 
message to Mr. Poskanser.

I have been very impressed with the look it gives.

BTW, they're now shipping 1.01 upgrades to all registered users.
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James Darrell McCauley                 jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu
Dept of Ag. Engineering                          (409) 845-6484
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2117, USA
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