[Hamlib-developer] Re: GUI for FT-847

[Frank S. <vk...@ix...>]

Jim Jerzycke wrote:
> 
>     Hi, Frank.
>  Well.....I went and did it. I bought several books on programming on
> Tcl/Tk, and I'm amazed how easy it is. I've already started on a
> "Virtual Front Panel" for the FT-847, and I've got some functionality as
> far as turning knobs, recording the counts, and also button pushes. As
> soon as I get something presentable, I'll send you a sample!
> 73, Jim

Hi Jim,

Ok, glad to see soemone starting at the other end (GUI).

We are in a shakeup of the code at the moment, outlining
some generic frontend API for applications to use, so
latest CVS tree does not compile too well ;-(

However please feel free to play with the 1.0.3 release
to brush up on your coding  skills. Eventually we will
have wrapper functions for the frontend that will
support Java, Python, Tcl/Tk etc...

Eventually you will tie a widget or component event (eg button pressed)
to a function in our API, but try the libft847 as I know
you have a ft847.

try cmd_set_cat_on()  and cmd_set_cat_off() for fun.

Let us know how you go :-)

Cheers / Frank..



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