how to develop a GUI interface for unix commands using c language?

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please help me out as this is the mini project assigned to me i dont know how to do so with ur kind heart help me to find a solution to this problem....

Posted 12-Feb-13 6:02am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 13:43pm

What is "GUI interface for Unix commands"?
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Matthew Faithfull · Answer 1 · 2013-02-12T06:06:00

Solution 1

One way would be to use GTK[^] but I don't know if anything using GTK could be described as a mini project. All GUI frameworks tend to be quite large and complex and C is not necessarily the easiest language for that kind of work.

Posted 12-Feb-13 6:06am

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Albert Holguin 12-Feb-13 13:03pm

I would agree... making GUIs in C usually involves using some sort of framework which is in itself, a major learning experience.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 13:46pm

GTK+ would be a good choice, my 5.
There are more; please see my answer.
—SA

Albert Holguin · Answer 2 · 2013-02-12T07:18:00

Solution 2

This thread might be helpful:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=772507[^]

Like I mentioned in the comment above (in Matthew's solution), "C" and "simple GUI" aren't usually terms you'll see together but using some of the available design/widget tools, it might help the learning process.

Posted 12-Feb-13 7:18am

Albert Holguin

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 13:45pm

Agree, a 5.
I also advised to rather look at C++, provided a pretty big set of choices, please see my answer.
—SA

Albert Holguin 12-Feb-13 13:59pm

yeah, C would definitely be the most painful way to go... there's a lot easier options for GUIs

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 14:12pm

Of course it's easy to find even more painful ways... :-)
—SA

Albert Holguin 12-Feb-13 14:17pm

Assembly? :p

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 14:27pm

Assembly is by far not the worse...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2013-02-12T07:44:00

Solution 3

It's highly recommended to use not C but rather C++. Please see my past answer:
writing c/c++ visual programs (cross-platform) with which IDE and compiler?[^].

—SA

Posted 12-Feb-13 7:44am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Albert Holguin 12-Feb-13 13:59pm

C++ does open up your options... +5

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Feb-13 14:13pm

Thank you, Albert.
—SA