[ot] D and graphics on Linux

[kris]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, but:
> 
> I may be in a position to make the first Processing Plant Production 
> Line Control Software in D. To my knowledge, at least. :-)
> 
> That would include, among other things, a display of some of the vital 
> parameters of the process as real-time graphs. (Temperatures, wattages, 
> production speed, etc.)
> 
> The choice of language and operating system is mine, and being a D 
> bigot, I really would like to do the stuff in D. And Windows is excluded 
> because the plant can't afford an unstable OS for 24/7 operation. Since 
> D is (more or less) a Win/Lin language, it'll be Linux.
> 
> 
> Now, being a pay-project, I need to find a productive choice of 
> libraries and tools to maximise Productivity. (Specified as man-hours to 
> delivery.)
> 
> The graphs will be on X (as opposed to Linux console graphics), so that 
> they can be viewed off-shopfloor too.
> 
> Does anybody have experience on this kind of stuff?


Cool! [I used to do that kinda thing in Britain]

Have you considered making it a web front-end instead, and using Harmonia?

- Kris