[TriLUG] Standalone X Program

[Jeff Tickle]

I'll check out those IDEs.

Now here's once again where my TOTAL lack of gui programming comes in...
I can use GTK without actually having Gnome?  That'd be awesome becuase
I've been meaning to learn it anyway for other things.

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 21:40, Joseph Tate wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:07:14 -0400, Jeff Tickle <jtickle at jtsoft.net> wrote:
> > Howdy...
> > 
> > I have an interesting situation / learning experience that I can't find
> > much information about on Google.  A local security company is
> > interesting in some open source surveilance software for a machine that
> > is going to be a dedicated digital video recorder.  So basically, what I
> > want is a Linux that when it boots up, goes straight to the software
> > that handles the video stuff (pretty common stuff, like you can show all
> > the cameras in miniature boxes, or make one full-screen, or various
> > combinations, and set record times for certain cameras, things like
> > that.)  It's a pretty specific purpose, and not going to be used for
> > anything other than this digital video stuff.
> > 
> > I have a lot of it worked out, but one thing I have absolutely no
> > experience in is GUI programming of any sort in Linux.  What I was
> > thinking was just a basic X server that ran this one program.  But, I
> > can't find anything about how to work with X.  Any pointers to
> > documentation on X programming or perhaps a better way of doing what I'm
> > interested in doing would be greatly appreciated!
> > 
> > From college at Appalachian State University,
> > 
> > -Jeff
> > 
> 
> Take a look at glade and or kdevelop, which are IDEs for OSS
> development.  Is your basis going to be the MythTV stuff?  Instead of
> programming straight to X, which I've heard is scary, pick a widget
> kit and program to that: GTK, QT, Motif or anything else.
-- 
Jeff Tickle

http://www.jtsoft.net
Security and Digital Video Solutions
Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant
Probably some other stuff, too!

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