[Mageia-dev] Control Center Progress

Fri Oct 19 15:34:41 CEST 2012

Hi all,
+
+just wanted to give everyone an update on how the new control center is 
+going.
+Everything still says mcc2 but I think naming it "Admin Panel" is a good 
+idea so will get to that shortly.
+
+The basic functionality is now there, the categories and modules are 
+dynamically loaded from the config file with the right panel updating to 
+what is selected on the left panel.
+
+See http://qldlinux.com/mcc for screenshots of the panel in Qt, GTk and 
+NCurses.
+
+As you will see all 3 widget sets have a consistent layout and usage, 
+but while the functionality is now there, the final look is not, so you 
+are just seeing the basics, it still needs to be made attractive with 
+appropriate button sizing, backgrounds etc.
+
+It is not a whole lot of code, but it has been a little challenging 
+,firstly using Perl (never touched it before) and also navigating this 
+fairly new library which could do with some more examples and docs 
+(which  we plan to have ready for those wanting to make modules).
+
+I look forward to uploading the code, however I am still waiting for svn 
+access.
+
+Hopefully it won't be too far away that we will be calling for help to 
+port modules.
+
+Cheers
+Tuxta
+