GTK

A (Very) Quick Intro

GTK is short for the Gimp Tool Kit

These libraries along with GDK and the Gnome libraries are the foundation of your gnome install. You may run GTK based applications without gnome but once applications are tied into the gnome libraries you may not readily run them without the gnome libraries installed.

For a more complete (and authoritative) explanation please see:

  1. The GTK Website at http://www.gtk.org.

  2. The Gnome Developers Resource base via the Gnome Web Site http://www.gnome.org

How To

GTK allows developers to integrate many features into your Graphical User Interface.

Not withstanding features like themes, default icons and window decorations the ability to alter / configure shortcuts and move and tear away menus can be productive and fun.

Here is how to :