GTK+ / Gnome Application Development . ... With the basic concepts out of the way, you're ready to start building a full-scale Gnome application. This part of the book walks you through the creation of a generic application skeleton: a source tree using automake and autoconf , argument parsing, session management, internationalization, the main window, dialogs, toolbars, and menubars. ... Creating Your Source Tree . Gnome Application Basics . ... Gnome Application Checklist . ...