Re: [hylafax-users] client project proposal

[Pedro Rocadas <procadas@xxxxxxxxx>]

You maybe be interested in this project

http://www.teamsw.it/pyla


--- Stephen Arnold <arnold.steve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Howdy:
> 
> The tkhykafax code hasn't really been touched in
> several years, and the
> author's contact address is no good :(  I've been
> wrestling with getting
> certain things to fit within our project
> requirements (such as a custom
> cover page) without much success so far, and after
> looking through the
> Tk code, I'm convinced *I* don't want to try
> hacking/extending it.
> 
> However, I've been writing some python code lately,
> and I would be
> interested in doing a modern replacement for
> tkhylafax in python.  I'm
> not sure yet about the GUI part; there's the basic
> pytk stuff, as well
> as pyqt and pygtk.  I checked out the glade UI
> designer a little (nice
> article in a recent LJ), which looks very nice. 
> Plus, it could be more
> or less cross-platform (at least to anything with
> python).
> 
> So is anyone interested in doing a little python
> project?  The current
> functionality in tkhylafax, plus a few other things,
> would make a decent
> set of baseline requirements.  I'll bet there are
> already python modules
> available for stuff like the address book, etc. 
> Plus, I already have a
> cvs server (and there's always sourceforge or
> savannah).
> 
> If I do it on my own, it'll have to start as one of
> those "I'll get to
> it when I get to it" things.  Between
> work/home/school and other
> development stuff (mostly gentoo), my days are
> pretty full...
> 
> Python is an extremely productive language, and one
> which pretty much
> everyone can learn.  It's extremely good for
> everything from simple
> scripting chores to full-blown object oriented
> software development. 
> There are many good free books and tutorials:
> 
> http://www.python.org/topics/learn/
> 
> Regardless of anyone's current skill or desire to
> program, this
> community is absolutely the most qualified to help
> define things like
> requirements, UI design, etc.  It could easily turn
> out to be the
> preferred client for Hylafax...
> 
> Hmmm?
> 
> 
> 
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