On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, CYWare wrote: > > Message: 11 > > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 11:50:26 +0800 (PHT) > > From: "Ian C. Sison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [plug] NCURSES for POS > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > LinuxPOS is available from Linux Canada (its not open source though). But > > it uses Tcl (which is not quite as heavy as X). This solution has the > > advantage of being available and tested _today_ \8) > > > > http://www.linuxcanada.com > > > > > Hi Ian, > > Been a while huh? > > > LinuxPOS is available from Linux Canada (its not open source though). > > Half of the application has already been migrated. What I mean is the DOS > POS (actually a WIN32 console app), was already switched six months ago > from using DBF files to using Berkeley DB. BTW, BDB runs well (fast & > reliable!!!) under Windows, only problem is it adds about 500K to your > executable (static link). > > Anyway, the only thing left to change now is the user-interface, which is > why we are looking at ncurses, or any other lightweight user-interface > toolkit that will do the job. > > > it uses Tcl (which is not quite as heavy as X). > > I'll test it then. I guess if LinuxPOS uses TCL, then it must be pretty > reliable.
Hmm... I would agree that an ncurses based POS would be more light, but looking at some POSs already in deployment in Dept. stores, it's much too fancy for a text based interface. How do you interface with bar code readers, CC swipe, cash drawer, journal printers? Have enough of these devices and you will run out of serial ports! The market for devices for POS applications is so wide! I'd stick with the keyboard wedge type of devices to lessen the hardware device driver overhead in development. It would nice to collaborate on an opensource POS project with a back end inventory system. Such systems will definitely bring the cost of POS systems down by removing the Windows/DOS layer an allow for stuff like integration to other apps. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
