I can't be the best one to answer this, but I might be
the only one that responds.
What you want might be hard, though that would surprise
me. That seems to be the consensus in this discussion:
http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-1920620/cheapest-show-browser-long-term.html
I have no direct experience with Raspberry Pi, but
it seems clear it would probably work if you are
abandoning the watching of TV on the set.
I'd like to hear how this works out for you.
Mike
On 7/25/2017 2:21 PM, beginners-digest-h...@perl.org wrote:
Subject:
"Information station" using Perl and Raspberry Pi
From:
SSC_perl <p...@surfshopcart.com>
Date:
7/25/2017 2:20 PM
To:
Perl Beginners <beginners@perl.org>
I'm looking to get some ideas on how to make an "information station"
for my mother who has the beginning stages of dementia. I want to display information on
her TV, like when her next meal is, time of day, date, etc., which of course would change
daily and throughout the day.
I was thinking that I'd get a Raspberry Pi and program that to retrieve
text files from a server depending on the time of day. I don't know how well
the RPi handles Perl - it seems to be geared for Python. I would need to be
able to display text in any size and style. My first though was to use HTML,
but I don't want to use a browser to display the text onscreen. Would this
require a GUI, such as Tk?
Has anyone done anything like this before? Am I on the right track
with my ideas or is there a better way of doing this?
Thanks,
Frank
