Re: [gnome-love] First post to this list and request for help to start a project

[Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org>]

On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 00:55 +0200, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> Hi all,
> this is my first post to this list so be patient with me :-)
>
> I never develop under GNOME and it's been a few years since last time
> I coded ( I was used to write C programs) and I would like to start
> understanding how to develop a small GNOME application.
>
> What I would like to do is:
> - a graphical application
> - an application that list all the installed kernels in the systems
> - an application that allows to remove kernels/modules dirs
>
> That's because I'm used to compile/test/install my owns kernels and I
> would like to have a simple tool to get rid off of old kernels that I
> don't need anymore.

There's an unofficial app [1] in gnome-system-tools that does more or
less what you want, it edits grub/lilo, but doesn't rm kernels. Beware,
it works but it's badly in need of maintenance love :)

[1] http://gnome.org/projects/gst/screenshots/boot.jpg

> So, first question is... What are the suggested steps to start writing
> a GNOME apps?

I'd suggest you http://gtk.org/tutorial ,
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeLove also links to interesting stuff

        Carlos

> Thanks in advance!
>
> Ciao,
>
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> Paolo
> http://paolociarrocchi.googlepages.com
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