KDE EchoLinux client project

KDE EchoLinux client project

[Michael Melanson]

Hi everyone

In light of the fact that there is no good GUI client for EchoLinux, the Linux 
implementation of the EchoLink protocol, I am starting development of a 
KDE/Qt-based client. SourceForge just set up the project. Anyone with 
experience developing with KDE and who can afford a modest time committment 
(I don't ask much) should email me (ve3mtm@rac.ca).

The end result will be licenced under the GPL so that all may use and modify 
it. The development will be very open: no genuine help will be turned down

Thanks in advance for any help


Michael VE3MTM
ve3mtm@rac.ca

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Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[John]

On  7 Apr, Michael Melanson wrote:
..
> In light of the fact that there is no good GUI client for EchoLinux,  the Linux 
> implementation of the EchoLink protocol, I am starting development of a 
> KDE/Qt-based client. SourceForge just set up the project. Anyone with 
> experience developing with KDE and who can afford a modest time committment 
> (I don't ask much) should email me (ve3mtm@rac.ca).

Why not make use of GTK+ rather than KDE/Qt, then your package isn't
locking us all into installing KDE...

John
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Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[w9ya]

Actually a qt based one should be just as satisfactory. Most desktop machines 
have both gtk and qt installed to take advantage of programs written for 
both.

Bob

On Tuesday 08 April 2003 06:21 am, John@man.ac.uk wrote:
> On  7 Apr, Michael Melanson wrote:
> ..
>
> > In light of the fact that there is no good GUI client for EchoLinux,  the
> > Linux implementation of the EchoLink protocol, I am starting development
> > of a KDE/Qt-based client. SourceForge just set up the project. Anyone
> > with experience developing with KDE and who can afford a modest time
> > committment (I don't ask much) should email me (ve3mtm@rac.ca).
>
> Why not make use of GTK+ rather than KDE/Qt, then your package isn't
> locking us all into installing KDE...
>
> John

Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 07:25:16AM -0500, w9ya wrote:
> Actually a qt based one should be just as satisfactory. Most desktop machines 
> have both gtk and qt installed to take advantage of programs written for 
> both.

I'd say non-GNOME GTK+ programs are far more common than non-KDE Qt
programs.

Hamish
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Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[Tim Neu]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:39:05PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 07:25:16AM -0500, w9ya wrote:
> > Actually a qt based one should be just as satisfactory. Most desktop machines 
> > have both gtk and qt installed to take advantage of programs written for 
> > both.
> 
> I'd say non-GNOME GTK+ programs are far more common than non-KDE Qt
> programs.

I'd say most of us Linux folks would just be happy with something that
works!    

In any event, it is too soon to argue!  :-) 
Once you have basic functionality, then the KDE folks can make their QT
version and the Gnome folks can make their GTK version.    

Is the source code (or specifications) for Echolink available?    

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Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[John]

On  8 Apr, Tim Neu wrote:

> I'd say most of us Linux folks would just be happy with something that
> works!    

True!

> Once you have basic functionality, then the KDE folks can make their QT
> version and the Gnome folks can make their GTK version.    

Gnome is built on GTK, and the two are not tied together as you imply,
as GTK based applications existed long before either Gnome or KDE. GTKis
a derivative of the GIMP software NOT Gnome.

John

Re: KDE EchoLinux client project

[Margaret Leber]

Tim Neu wrote:

> I'd say most of us Linux folks would just be happy with something that
> works!    

Me too. I currently have EchoLinux (and EchoGUI, a sample client written 
in Xforms) installed on my 2.4.3-12 Red Hat system. Everything seem so 
work fine, except that I can't get any audio to transmit; receiveing 
works fine. The microphone otherwise works correctly. Linux audio is 
still a bit of a black art.

> Is the source code (or specifications) for Echolink available?    

My understanding is that there's not a lot of additional protocol 
layered on top of an H.323 core; the EchoLinux is built on the 
SpeakFreely project.

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