WideStudio is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for building window applications in C++, Ruby, Python an Perl for Windows, MacOSX, Linux, FreeBSD, SOLARIS and other unix and BTRON and T-Engine. This is open and free (under MIT/X Consortiun Lice
Of the available visual Linux GUI builders I've been able to find (over the past several years, finding few) this one has the most potential. If you're familiar & comfortable with MSVC++ or Borland C++Builder, you'll be able to figure WideStudio out fairly quick. (It seems to feel a lot like AppBuilder for the QNX 6.2 Photon GUI, if memory serves........) Although it needs some shining up, e.g. updated documentation, some widget upgrading/embellishment and anti aliased fonts, it stands far above Fltk and Glade, IMO. {One little peeve is that it doesn't do the rubberband thing, you can't grab and move a collection of widgets that need rearrangement.} It's debatable whether Qt is superior; I liked Qt3 Designer, but Qt4 kind of hosed the property editor and IDE in general. Try it, you might like it..
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