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<DIV><SPAN class=387192112-18112004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
guess "the data might not be delivered in that exact format" means just about
what I was going to suggest: that the IPC interface provides a full snapshot of
OLSRD internal tables, and then, the connected client chews it and produces any
suitable format.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> olsr-dev-bounces@olsr.org
[mailto:olsr-dev-bounces@olsr.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Marek
Lindner<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
olsr-dev@olsr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [olsr-dev] IPC-Protocol /
GUI<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Andreas Tønnesen wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid21904.194.196.35.3.1100776231.squirrel@webmail.gnist.org
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">The plan is to redesign the IPC interface in a not to distant future. I
agree on you design points:
- A general GUI would benefit from using a cross platfor toolkit.
- The new IPC interface should allow for setting of olsrd parameters in
runtime.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>So, you are going to rewrite the IPC ? <BR>Then I'd
like to provide some of our (detailed) ideas regarding the IPC interface:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>Creating a IPC plugin which handles all the remote connections. Now, we
have the IPC inside of olsrd with an own port and configuration, we have the
dot_draw plugin with an own port and configuration, etc.
<LI>According to Thomas the current GUI is (more or less) guessing the
"state" of olsrd instead of knowing it. That should be corrected.
</LI></UL><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid21904.194.196.35.3.1100776231.squirrel@webmail.gnist.org
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">- The IPC interface will be a superset of the dot_draw plugin(the data
might not be delivered in that excact format) so that a GUI can visiulize
the topology.
</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>What do you mean with "the data might not be
delivered in that exact format" ?<BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid21904.194.196.35.3.1100776231.squirrel@webmail.gnist.org
type="cite"><PRE wrap="">We are looking for people interested in doing a GUI when the new IPC
interface is ready, so keep that in mind if you are into these things :-)</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Just
to get an idea - is "a not to distant future" still in 2004 ? <BR>I
gladly help <SPAN class=moz-smiley-s1><SPAN>:-)
</SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR>Marek<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>