Oh, and as for packaging, there's a couple of common routes. A zip file
would be fine, most systems will have the unzip tool or something like
it. If you go that, or any other straight archive route, I would suggest
writing a simple configure script to make any directories you want, set
path information, and copy the executable to where you want it.
You could also make your application into a binary package, like an RPM
for Fedora/Redhat and others, or a slack-pack, or whatever, which would
be nice if you ever want to create or be added to a repository for
install tools like apt, yum, or slapt-get. If you wanted to do that,
it's not that difficult and you should be able to find tutorials for any
distro you want to release it for.
Keyboard shortcuts are widely used in linux/bsd systems, and usually
very flexible in terms of user definition.
Later,
Fargo
Ben Blake wrote:
G'Day!
I am investigating a Linux version of one of my applications, but I
have not really had that much experience with Linux (I have an Ubuntu
LiveCD which runs ok on my Intel iMac). So for Linux apps:
- where do I store my Preferences?
- is there anyway to retrieve which flavour and type of Linux my app
is running on (I already get this info for Macs e.g MacOS X 10.4.8)
- how are they delivered, will a zip file be ok or do I need some
linux specific installer?
- are keyboard accelerators commonly used in Linux (like in Windows)
cya
Ben
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