© W. David Ashley and Andrew Krause 2019
W. David Ashley and Andrew KrauseFoundations of PyGTK Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4179-0_3

3. Some Simple GTK+ Applications

W. David Ashley1  and Andrew Krause2
(1)
AUSTIN, TX, USA
(2)
Leesburg, VA, USA
 

This chapter introduces some simple GTK+ applications and a few GTK+ widgets. We cover topics that are utilized in the upcoming chapters and example applications.

The following concepts are covered in this chapter.

  • The basic function and method calls used by all GTK+ Python applications

  • The object-oriented nature of the GTK+ widget system

  • The role that signals, callbacks, and events play in your application

  • How to alter textual styles with the Pango Text Markup Language

  • Some useful functions and methods ...

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