[TriLUG] Standalone X Program

[Joseph Tate]

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.