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On 15/04/2008, Steven Coté <steven.cote@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Don't know how outdated it is, but I imagine almost all of it will > > still work (possibly generating some warnings about old APIs at > > worst). > > If it's from 2001, then it'll be gtk+ version 1. There was a major api break > in 2002 (I think it was 2002, might have been 2003) when they moved to > GTK+-2.0. > > So you'll get more than a few warnings. There were a lot of porting guides > written at the time if I recall, so it shouldn't be too difficult to port > the GTK+ code to GTK+-2, but I'd say it's worth paying a few extra quid for > a book that was written after the break. Every release of GTK+-2 since the > break is guaranteed to be binary and source compatible, so any book written > after 2003 should be fine. Shows how long it's been since I wrote any GTK+ code then :) A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html