Chapter 3. Ytk - The Y ToolKit

Table of Contents
Intro
YtkObject
Ypp - Ytk in C++

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Intro

Ytk is shorthand for Y ToolKit. There is close connection to GTK+. YTK is aimed to be GTK+, Y (and not X) Window. This paper explains some general concepts behind it.

Ytk provides support for displaying widgets, like buttons, input lines, labels etc. inside windows. To be precise Ytk itself doesn't provide any widgets. It only provides framework to write and use such widgets. At the moment there is just one set of actuall widgets for use with Ytk. It's called Ypp (from Y++). As name suggests they are written using C++. Names of widgets in Ypp hierarchy are prefixed with "Ypp". So there is YppWindow, YppGroup, YppButton and so on.