* On 2010 08 Jun 21:21 -0500, Paul Schulz wrote: > Not particularly tied to C. Perl is actuall my preference as well, and > part of the 'plan' was to migrate to perl once the GUI had been > defined in glade (XML).
Very interesting plan. While I like working with Perl, I do wonder if using it will turn away those who consider Perl a "write only" language or only suitable for backend or one-off scripts. Python seems to be a favorite of a number of later GUI apps and may be a good choice. I'm willing to consider Python and GTK+ or Qt for CTest, but will need someone versed in GUI development to help out. > I concur with 'data integrity' comments, even to the point were > multiple output files could be specified (eg. local spinning disk and > flash drive). CT has this capability of specifying a separate backup drive. Of course, being DOS, one's choices were limited. Fortunately, modern systems give us much more flexibility. > I would like to also see 'log entries' submitted as 'messages', which > can then be written to disk or sent across an IP network (eg. UDP), or > even sent out via radio (eg. logging APRS)... That is something that Fabian apparently started on in YFKtest as there are some commented out sections regarding network sharing of QSO data. An interesting question is whether a universal protocol could be agreed on so that different programs could share QSO data in a multi-station configuration, or is that too far fetched? Doing so would tie back into Steve's XML container idea and would allow various ops to choose the program they prefer and still maintain an accurate log for the entire operation. Things to consider. 73, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
