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Topic: would like to contribute to dsl, ideas on how i can contribute to dsl

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Bilal

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Posted: Sep. 13 2006,20:23

hi,

i have being thinking about how to contribute to dsl with what i know. i thought of porting gcj, i tried but that is out of my scope, ill keep that in the back of my head for now. for now there is jdk which is easy to install and runs great on dsl.

thought of writing a utility with gui using java and java native interface to act as a control panel for configuring and custumizing dsl. that will take a while and if u guys like the idea ill do it.

finally the one that really tickles my mind is a chat program just for dsl users , to get realtime and quick answers for any questions. ill write it using java for gui and jni for encryption and other stuff. ill write it so that it can run on windows and linux "DSL".. ill try to make it look cool to reflect dsl look and feel. the chat server can be hosted by john or robert. and the client can be downloaded by dsl users..

for the first version u choose a name and connect. later on ill try to connect to sqlite and allow u to register with name and pass before u can connect .

all open source.. ;)

what do u guys think?

peace

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Luck is when preperation meets apportonity.

roberts

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Posted: Sep. 14 2006,05:14

Do what "tickles your mind". That's what I do.

Sounds interesting. Keep us posted.

Bilal

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Posted: Sep. 14 2006,09:23

ok.. ill do the chat program , ill try and get a working version soon in 2-3 days with encryption written in C++ using jni.

ill do the development using jdk1.6.. that is what i have now and it is easy to install the jre.

just keep that in mind.

i hope we can test the initial release as soon as possible

i love to see this in action.

peace

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Luck is when preperation meets apportonity.

Bilal

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Posted: Sep. 14 2006,23:47

i found a project on source forge called JavaCompiler. it uses gcj + swt and other open source libraries and it has nice gui , it generates executables "as in machine code" for linux and windows. i wrote little gui program to test it and on windows it is amazing. when i tried the linux executable it complaind that it cant find gtk library..so.0..

r these libraies missing?

peace

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Luck is when preperation meets apportonity.