RE: New xlauncher (was: Re: Success with Java prog in XFree)

["Harold Hunt" <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Actually, I am just about to add per-user registry support, so you might as
well use the registry.

Harold

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Rasjid Wilcox
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:33 AM
> To: Tim Thomson; cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: New xlauncher (was: Re: Success with Java prog in XFree)
>
>
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 7:08 am, Tim Thomson wrote:
> <snip>
> > I would prefer that xlauncher, or a variant be installable via
> setup.exe,
> > so it can be used by anyone. If it means porting/rewriting,
> I'll give it a
> > shot :) (There isn't all that much code there, most is just writing to
> > registry, and reading it back. Which is another thing, would it
> be better
> > to use a config file rather than registry? Currently, I'm
> writing to HKEY
> > Local Machine, but should be writing to current user, so that
> people with
> > few rights on an NT style box can use it. If I were to use a
> config file,
> > where to put it?)
>
> Personally, I would go for a config file.
>
> As mentioned in another post of mine, I was working on a
> Python/wxWindows GUI.
> I can send you what I've done if you are interested.
>
> My most recent thoughts was to create a generic 'Remote X
> desktop' launcher,
> which would run on Windows (with Cygwin-XFree86 backend) and on
> Linux/Unix
> (with a XNest backend), and possibly Mac.  Further plans were to include
> support for other remote display tools like VNC.
>
> I was also considering switching to Java (due to better IDE's available),
> although the discussion here as left me unsure.  Is the GNU
> compiler able to
> deal with Java/Swing, or is Python/wxWindows a better 'pure open source'
> option?
>
> Anyway, Tim, if you want to do it in C/C++, I'll help test/debug,
> but I can't
> really help code.  OTOH, if Python/wxWindows interests you, I'd
> help with the
> coding too.  If you know C, Java and Pascal, I'd say you could
> pick up Python
> in a day.  :-)
>
> Rasjid.
>