FREEBSD TELEPHONY PROJECT

Currently this page has only references to information I'm finding helpful in writing the application.  The one sticking point to which several people have lent possible solutions is the problem of shared access to the modem or telephony device.  One of the specifications of the project state that the application should allow other processes to access the modem when not actively being used by the application (e.g. when listening for Caller-ID information from the device).  Pseudo terminals were suggested by two persons from the FreeBSD newsgroup (news:comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc).  I am unable to find documentation on Linux' /dev/pty devices; if anyone has manpages or related docs, I'd be eternally grateful if you sent a copy to me.

01-March-1999: Qt had beel selected as the X toolkit to use for the GUI, since it uses C++, which is much more OO than C.  The dialer widget has been designed.  The number entry widget is next on the agenda; for now we'll use the QLineEdit widget and later derive from it to add the telephone name/number-specific features for entering names & numbers.

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