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A GTK+-based implementation of the wxWidgets cross-platform GUI
library.
wxWidgets is a set of libraries that allows C++ applications to
compile and run on several different types of computer, with minimal
source code changes. There is one library per supported GUI (such
as Windows, GTK+, Motif, and Mac). As well as providing a common
API (Application Programming Interface) for GUI functionality, it
provides functionality for accessing some commonly-used operating
system facilities, from copying and deleting files to socket and
thread support. wxWidgets is a 'framework' in the sense that it
provides a lot of built-in functionality, which the application
can use or replace as required, thus saving a great deal of coding
effort. Basic data structures such as strings, arrays, linked lists
and hash tables are also supported.
Such a toolkit is not unique - there are others to choose from -
but wxWidgets is free, well-established, well-documented, and very
broad in its coverage of GUI functionality. It has some extras that
make it stand out from the crowd, such as the many convenience
dialogs, built-in HTML display and printing, virtual filesystems,
easy-to-use OLE automation controller class, Open GL support, and
many other features that make it easier to write modern and
user-friendly applications.
There is also a python interface available, wxPython (see the
py-wxWidgets package).
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