Actually, I am just about to add per-user registry support, so you might as well use the registry.
Harold > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rasjid Wilcox > Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:33 AM > To: Tim Thomson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New xlauncher (was: Re: Success with Java prog in XFree) > > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 7:08 am, Tim Thomson wrote: > <snip> > > I would prefer that xlauncher, or a variant be installable via > setup.exe, > > so it can be used by anyone. If it means porting/rewriting, > I'll give it a > > shot :) (There isn't all that much code there, most is just writing to > > registry, and reading it back. Which is another thing, would it > be better > > to use a config file rather than registry? Currently, I'm > writing to HKEY > > Local Machine, but should be writing to current user, so that > people with > > few rights on an NT style box can use it. If I were to use a > config file, > > where to put it?) > > Personally, I would go for a config file. > > As mentioned in another post of mine, I was working on a > Python/wxWindows GUI. > I can send you what I've done if you are interested. > > My most recent thoughts was to create a generic 'Remote X > desktop' launcher, > which would run on Windows (with Cygwin-XFree86 backend) and on > Linux/Unix > (with a XNest backend), and possibly Mac. Further plans were to include > support for other remote display tools like VNC. > > I was also considering switching to Java (due to better IDE's available), > although the discussion here as left me unsure. Is the GNU > compiler able to > deal with Java/Swing, or is Python/wxWindows a better 'pure open source' > option? > > Anyway, Tim, if you want to do it in C/C++, I'll help test/debug, > but I can't > really help code. OTOH, if Python/wxWindows interests you, I'd > help with the > coding too. If you know C, Java and Pascal, I'd say you could > pick up Python > in a day. :-) > > Rasjid. >
