What is STK

STK is shortcut for Simple ToolKit. STK is set of visual components for X Window System. It is very simple, light and fast. STK is writen in the C/C++ language and use only Xlib, Xutil and xpm libraries. STK is distributed under GNU GPL licence so it is absolutely free and open.

Main aim of STK is to be simple for use in programs, maybe to be simplest for use in programs for programmers. It is really very easy, look at demo sources under the images in screenshots sections.

Feel free to contact me, the author of STK, whenever with feedback, questions, suggestions, ideas, or bug reports. I hope that you find STK useful when developing your own applications under X. Send me an email to dvh.tosomja@post.sk

What is STK not!

STK was developed with some ideas. That is keep it simple and fast, not to fritt with resources, programmer's or user's time. Therefore next features will never be implement: antialias effects, transparent effects, bitmapped buttons, themes.

STK is NOT (yet) platform independent. I am working on a port to FBUI (FrameBuffer User Interface). But it is still in the early stage of development.

Todo

Requirements

Linux, X Window System, gcc, libxpm or Imlib, i386

History

[2006-11-30]

Added new release, STK 2.0.alpha6 with StkTextArea component

[2006-03-31]

Fixed broken link on main page

[2006-03-30]

STK v2.0.alpha4 released - Simplified callback functions, added SetColor and GetColor method, added component StkPanel, Menu item fixes, other minor improvements

[2006-01-28]

I'm finalizing alpha 3 release, many bugfixes, new components (MenuItem and Edit), improved building scripts, more demos, multi window application support, and more...

[2005-11-14]

Second official release, STK v2.0.alpha2, many bugfixes, PNG, GIF and JPEG support via Imlib, much faster components drawings

[2005-11-07]

This page was stored on http://simpletoolkit.sourceforge.net/

[2005-10-23]

Basic html and pdf documentation done, web almost done, STK v2.0 is ready for official release, however, there is no place for it on the web yet! I must try sourceforge.net someday...

[2005-10-09]

I'm starting to develop this web page on my disk, I hope stk.sourceforge.net is still unused, STK v2.0 is done at 99.9%, after only one month of work! This is not good time to find libqv examples on the web...

[2005-09-25]

STK v2.0 development started, v1.0 abandoned because it's basic concept was not good for X Window System, it causing large bandwidth for connection, event when the active component don't need so much...

[2005-09-06]

STK v1.0 development started