Hi All,
I have been making a basic GTK GUI on top of the Python API. It can do channels, show nearby nodes. The App is here: Chris Talbot / Gtk Meshtastic Client · GitLab . If you try it out, let me know what you think!
Nice. On what hardwear did you run it? What, in simple terms, is GTK ? Does the code require GTK to be installed on the device that runs the install command listed in the link?
I ran it on my Laptop (Debian) and on my Phone (that runs Mobian). GTK is a UI framework: https://www.gtk.org/ and you will have to have it installed to run this GUI, since the GUI is built on it.
OK. Thanks. Nice. This is an extremely important contribution. I have been looking for a linux mobile phone app to run meshtastic and only meshtastic as a dedicated GUI front end on a dedicated linux mobile phone. You seem to be developing one. Fantastic. I would be extremely grateful if you would specify exactly the computer and mobile phone hardwear you used, because bluetooth connectivity from linux can be a bit hairy so being able to use the same hardwear to test the code would be extremely useful as a starting point. Was it even a bluetooth link to the node?
The mobian installation used different steps to those on the link I suppose?
I think your app would really take off if you were to show in a step by step video, from installing mobian, to installing the packages, installing your program from git, running and configuring the connection to a node, so that novice enthusiasts can get into this superb project.