[libksd-devel] RE: Web page and coding

[David S. <xe...@ne...>]

> Yes, I'm still alive and check in on the project every now and again. I
> even have a little pet project to use libksd upon, so I've returned.  I
> just wanted to make a very simple suggestion that
> include/pagebuilder.php on the web site have the last few lines of the
> file read:
>
[ ... snip ... ]
>
> or something similar--the $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'] part seems a
> little hacked and my PHP is a little rusty. I'd just really love to know
> when David et al. have updateed the varioous pages.  I'm also a stickler
> when it comes to copyright notices and the official libksd pages are a
> bit lacking.

I think you're right.  As soon as I can get a chance I will make an
appropriate update.  Actually, if want to I think you still have shell
access!

> It's great to see things are beginning to come together a little quicker
> than in the past and I see SAGE has begun to materialize as well.

Well, the project was dead for a bit while I experimented with other
projects.  Now I have come back with a whole new set tools and design
patterns that I am really excited to put to work on libksd.

> Personally, I'm sick of PowerPoint and so I'm trying to put together a
> little app to show music and sermon slides at church using a multihead
> gtkmm/libksd setup (as in gtkmm for the GUI on monitor 1 and libksd for
> display and FX on monitor 0). We'll see how it goes this
> summer--especially since I hope to soon start work on a totally
> different project for my M.S. report.  Anyway, if I come up with
> anything interesting on the ksd side of things I'll be sure to let you
> know.  I may come up  with some extension code for gtkmm/libksd
> interaction.

Sounds like an interesting project that I would definitely like to use for
my own purposes!  Getting the multiheaded support might be a little
difficult to do, but its certainly possible.  Also, it should be fairly
easy to use libksd and gtkmm together assuming that they don't share any
common X resources.  I would start in gtkmm and call the
ksd::Init/ShutdownLibary calls and create your TApplication class by hand.

I am really wondering what sort of GUI you need other than the slides them
selves?  It would be simple to use libksd_gui for prev/next slide buttons
as well as binding keys for these purposes.  I can't imagine the GUI would
be for editing since both will be shown simultaneously?  Anyway, keep me
advised on its progress.  If you post the code somewhere I would like to
put in on the Projects page on the website.

Thank you.
  -- David Snopek

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