In computing a graphical user interface (GUI, sometimes pronounced gooey) is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming ...
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Why to have an application with GUI on linux when command line is available?
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Q.why to have GUI along with CLI, when you already have command line interface?
I'm ...
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What popular program is used to develop GUI in C++? [closed]
I'm asking this question because my creativity can only go so far with console programs in C++.
I need to know what program/software the majority of c++ software developers out there use develop GUI ...
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Is there any theory or science for building complex visualization GUI's?
Most "Canvas" widgets in common GUI toolkits offer low level operations like drawing basic shapes of different colors/line-width/etc, or displaying sprites and images. Some seem to have slightly more ...
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Blitting image bleeds color
For a game I developed in SDL + C, I have having some trouble with the animations. I have a sprite sheet I developed in GIMP. I kept the background color in the sprite as pink so as to replace it ...
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How does GDI/+ work and can it be replaced with my own code?
On wikipedia it says that GDI is an API and core operating system component responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices.
I'm not finding much on what GDI+ ...
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What are some standard design methods to add GUI to a command line app? [closed]
I have an embedded linux c application that runs with a simple CLI. I am now tasked with creating a GUI that accomplishes the same functionality as the command line program. I am not an accomplished ...
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Is the Glade GUI designer a good option for a beginner?
I am a student of Computer Science and I already have basic programming experience in Python 2.x, 3.x, C++, and HTML. I never made a program with a GUI. I have just programmed games, scripts/plugins, ...
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How to render graphical interface automatically (behind the scenes)
I am trying to write a program that shows images of a Java application's GUI automatically (ie, without someone building, running, and then taking screenshots of the interface).
I know WindowBuilder ...
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How does one go about implementing a GUI/shell on top of a kernel?
What are the basic procedures, steps, etc.
I am considering writing a kernel or just taking Linux source and adding on from there, but I don't want to use the Qt framework, nor the Unity/GNOME ...
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What's the right way to work with a graphic designer?
Recently, we worked with a graphic designer (arranged by the client) to provide the skin for a Django+Bootstrap application we had built. The designer provided a series of static images of the new ...
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What should the relation between parent and child GUI components be?
This seems to happen every time I create any sort of GUI. I have trouble figuring out how child classes should communicate to their siblings.
It's a general problem, but it's probably easier to use a ...
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Are GUIs ever programmed in DirectX for higher performance?
I've been researching GDI a little and on some websites I'm lead to believe it can hardly draw a few boxes, while on others it can easily be used in an interactive charting application.
So I'm ...
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Other than XML, what are some examples of “coding” a GUI design?
I've been trying to think outside of the box as to how desktop GUIs can be designed in code(not a graphical designer!). I've come across basically three ways this is done:
XML
Raw code (create a ...
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Modern REPL for Haskell - is anybody working on it? [closed]
It's time Haskell had a modern REPL like Mathematica's (or better).
Make each calculation run in a separate thread, so user has control over each computation box's resources (ability to pause, play, ...
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How to create in Python Tkinter a widget that would act like a choice tree?
I would like to know if there is such widget in tk (or in any different standard Python 3 module), or how to create it:
Of course it doesn't have to look like this, but it should offer same ...