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how do i develop a gui application for gnu/linux that will be 100% compatible with all the window managers? - i mean, kde and gnome applications often have trouble running in different enviroments than it's default...

I've runned applications written "directly to X" (as far as i can understand, because the gui was grey and very similiar to the ones when we don't have any environment running) in gnome,xfce,kde and they don't vary, in all of them looks exactly the same.
On the other hand, i've runned applications written using gtk in kde and it flicks, although that does not happen when running the same application in gnome.

Maybe this question is basic and i should have learned when i first start using gnu/linux but i still haven't got an answer to this doubt of mine.
Anyway, thank you, reader, for taking the time to read my post and if you can, please elucidate me.

Regards, xgp

The window manager does not matter. The widget toolkit does. PureBasic uses GTk which is pretty much installed on all desktop linux computers.

Ahh! - that makes sense now!. So easy to understand and i couldn't get it at first glance :roll: .

Thanks!