Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:24:23 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: GUI tool from several years ago... Message-ID: <20111105082420.GA9857@thought.org>
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do any of you remember the name of the port that set up a GUI square or rectangle and allowed easy expansion of code underneath? it let you do-GUI-framework-quick-and-easy. my key-click program is close enough that i want to move on to the part where the mute or speech-impaired user clicks on this GUI rectangle. let's say he clicks on the default "talk.0"; the app instantly brings up vim or gvim that is loaded with ~130 abbrevs. the user types, say, "hw r u gys?" into the talk.0 file. after he types :x, thed program forks espeak -f talk.0 and everyone around hears his computerized voice. meanwhile, the gui app moves talk.0 to ~/.Speak, say, and spawns gvim talk.1 in case anybody says something that requires further communication (and typing). this Speech/Speak tool is =not= for geeks. --ok. not necessarily! it is for anyone with a small, lightweight netpad/notepad like the EEE 900A. i've talked to a hacker who volunteers for the OLPC project. it has a membrane keyboard. a lot of the children find this hard to type on, so an audible "click" -- loud or soft -- might be a major win. Thus, having the easy-devel tool to create GUI apps would be a big help. i found it maybe 15 years ago, played with it for an hour or two before going back to the Xlib files I was teaching myself. --I could always use Xaw3d or something else that i'm familiar with, but would rather find an easier way. i've been searching thru ports. so far, nothing. thanks for any clues! gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
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