"Robert Rozman" wrote: > Hello, > > I'm now going to put some effort in plugin for connection to Misterhouse > (great home automation programme: www.misterhouse.com). Since I'm more or > less newbie to Freevo and python would kindly ask for some guidance in my > work.
If you know a different programming language, Python is very easy to learn. There is a nice tutorial at www.python.org > For a start I'd like to discuss few technical things: > > About connection: > Misterhouse has already built in remote client functionality. It > basically goes like this: connection is done throught TCP port. At the start > Misterhouse sends all its commands organized in menus. Later Misterhouse can > report on events/receive commands through this port. > > Freevo side: > I wonder what would be best to do: > - how can I easily implement tcp port client (maybe through > twisted) ? Make a plugin that starts a thread to talk to MisterHouse. > - I'd like to have: > - special "idlebar like" plugin at the bottom of screen > to display more important info from Misterhouse Take a look at the idlebar plugin. You may want to copy some code. > (probably idlebar plugin is best start.... than take a look at the other idlebar plugins. > - special plugin that should listen/talk to TCP port and > update some sort of local data structure that > holds local copy of all data sent by Misterhouse. What are possibilities > for that and for making global data structure ? > - separate menu group, that could also have item plugins > (for instance for light to switch > on/off/dim). How to do that as easy as possible ? Where to put item plugins > if they are possible at all for custom > menu groups. Not ItemPlugins, MainMenuPlugins. I started to write a Plugin Writing HOWTO. It's in CVS. Download the latest snapshot and start ./autogen.sh. Than you should have the howto in Docs/plugin_writing/html. Dischi -- Beat me, whip me, make me use Windows! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
