./configure can't find gdk_pixbuf_config The only conf file I see is usr/lib/gdk_pixbuf_xlibConf.sh. I'm trying to install GtkDialog on an XBOX with XDSL (DSL 4.4, Linux 2.4.31, gtk/gdk/gdk-x11 2.10.9). Can someone hint how to solve this? Note: XDSL comes standard with gtk/gdk 1.2 and after a standa...

I believe that $(....) is preferred in stead of back ticks `....`. Am I correct?

These scripts have a name (not shown here). So, if you type the script name in a terminal it will output to screen.

To save the output as a variable, follow L18L's suggestion. If you want to see that variable, you have to type 'echo <variable name>' in a terminal.

Nice and good programming exercise! Seaside, no output, but without eval it works: #!/bin/sh xwininfo -root | while read LINE; do case $LINE in Width*) echo ${LINE/: /=};; Height*) echo ${LINE/: /=};; esac; done real user sys 0.037s 0.010s 0.007s technosaurus's awk : real user sys 0.036s 0.007s 0.00...

Icon programming. I've been digging lately to find a graphics programming language without bloating dependencies. I think I found one: Icon. You may never have heard of it. See here: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm It's ancient in software/computer terms (1998). The earliest mention of it t...

Hi greengeek, thanks for looking up Puppies with RTkernel. I will to try out either of them as soon as I have stabilized my program. These Puppies are anyway very interesting if I ever pick up again on a neglected hobby: composing electronic music. I have some synthesizers, keyboards and other midi ...

Mmm...I didn't know that there is such a thing as a 'RealTime kernel', let alone a Puppy with that. Which Puppy would that be?

Thanks for the tip! It started me thinking. I apologize for the somewhat lengthy post below but it helped me my thoughts organized. Please bear with me. I indeed think that counting the amount of GPS sentences with invalid or no information is a way to detect an error. However, error checking outsid...

Thanks, technosaurus.

I'm woking on improving the awk parsing routine. One of the problems is handling errors when the GPS data stream is killed or interrupted. I'll find a way...

I do believe that svg and gtk/C are the way to go. I will pick up on that soon. Your input is very valuable.

Yes, the process can be done entirely in Python. However, I stay away from it because such Python applications generally require large libraries. That doesn't do well on my old laptop with limited resources. It's a hobby and challenge to do things off the beaten paths of Python, Java, Ruby, Lua, Mat...

It's streamed packages, sort of. Every second a comma separated string is sent. In each string are headers like $GPGGA or $GPRMC or $GPGSA (and more, depends on the GPS module). After the header follows particular data, ending with a \n. So, yes, you have to separate the packages from the stream and...

Yes, dzen2 does what I need but in some respects it's a bit cumbersome in the way I use it. And yes, I'm looking for something that is simpeler, programming wise. In the mean time I looked into Cairo and Pango. A dedicated application can be written with it, but I quickly got lost in C programming :...

Seaside, thanks. The image you see is dedicated and fully "handmade". There's no window manager involved. I did look into a tiled wm (like i3, I posted about that) but I found that it doesn't fit to my purpose. There's a substantial difference in what my program and applications like Conky...

Attached a snapshot of a car GPS program that I'm working on. It runs on an old laptop with Dpup Exprimo 5.X.3.6 installed. The program is a Bash (sh) script that makes extensive use of awk to read and process GPS text strings. Update of most of the white text and the GPS quality indicators (mode, s...

Seaside, thanks!

@technosaurus A bit off topic... I have mutilated your original C script just to enable a windowless svg image. I don't need a watch (inotify) or anything else, except that it is there in the background until my program decides to kill it. I run it from BASH with 'runbgrpic3' (after compilation) and...

@SFR
Yes, compiles without problems.

@Keef
I do use a script. Since I call dzen2 from within an awk command, variable substitution is not as straightforward.

Thanks!

I found a solution to use 'DejaVu Sans' in stead of 'fixed' font. Well, sort of. It's a coincidence on the one hand and a classic 'escape' issue with awk on the other. This program line now works: #awk .....{ print x | "dzen2 -fn \"-*-DejaVu Sans-*-r-*-*-22-*-*-*-*-*-*\" -bg black -fg...

Using Dpup Exprimo 5.X.3.4.12 dzen is a configurable, flexible utility to show text on screen or even menu's. I can't choose other fonts than 'fixed' in dzen2, though fc-list and xfontsel show fonts like courier, dejavu sans, nimbus etc. I have not been able to find a solution. There's Archlinux inf...

Thanks Keef. Being not quoted was the problem. I had a thorough misunderstanding of how the svgame program works. Solved.