sorry for the long pause in my response. and thank u for the info. the tool that i would like to work on is basically a way for me to keep tabs on servers and their connections.
in short it would be the size of bbpager and would ping x times a said servers every x amount of time. if the connection is still good, u would see a green light next to server name / icon / what ever. however, when connection is lost, a sound file would be played that would alert u to the down connection. perhaps even dif sounds for dif servers. i just got a book on C, figured it would be good to start w/ a foundation and then move on to C++ if need be. so, those are my thoughts and once again. thanks for the links to get me started. jared On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Jared Lyvers wrote: >> I know BB was written in c++, so I have started to learn that >>>language. > However, were can I look to start learning to program >under Linux? >> are> there any books that I should get, or sites that >I need to bookmark? >Have a look at the comp.lang.c Frequently Asked Questions, >the alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ FAQ, >Unix Programming Frequently Asked Questions, >Secure UNIX Programming FAQ, >and the many links from http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html >Maybe C++ FAQ LITE will be useful too. >(Use google to find these.) >A "X Window System Programming" (SAMS) book may be useful. >I also have a "UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4" (D A. Curry) book >>that is useful (but not X related). >Plus a few others, like "Linux Programmer's Reference" which has >>chapters on autoconf/automake, gnome, kde, qt2, glib, gtk+, and more >programming topics. (I have this, and this is my reminder to read it!) >Also, using manual pages for system calls, system libraries for X11 and >for regular C libraries and et cetera is also useful. (Good ones can be >found on the *BSDs.) >So what type of project do you want to work on? >When the bb tolkit is ready, maybe you can make some simple apps. >Or one tool I would like to have is: a command-line tool where it can >>read either standard input or from the file(s) selected on the command >line. And then it dumps it into the X11 cut buffer. (Hopefully, that is >possible.) That would be extremely useful for me. >Good luck, Jared, with your programming ... > Jeremy C. Reed > http://www.reedmedia.net/ > http://bsd.reedmedia.net/ -- BSD news and resources > http://www.isp-faq.com/ -- find answers to your questions -- Do or do not, there is no try. --Yoda onClipEvent (enterFrame){ if (emailsent==0){ _root.sig = " // Jared Lyvers // ----------------------- // IT Administrator // Interactive Developer // LPI Certified // ----------------------- // Lewis Communications // 205 . 980 . 0774 // R T F M " } } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
