Quick GUI frontend development for command line tools?

[Jestin Stoffel]

On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 12:46 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On Jan 18, 2008 12:32 PM, Leo Mauler <webgiant at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > There are a few command line applications for which I
> > would like to have a GUI, or for which I've found a
> > GUI I'm just not happy with.  I use mencoder and
> > transcode a bit but I'm not happy with the GUI
> > frontends I've found for those applications.  I also
> > have a friend who is interested in the Astrolog
> > astrology application but who is very unhappy with the
> > command line interface, a potential Linux convert if a
> > GUI can be discovered.  KAstrolog has been out of
> > development for so long I can't seem to compile the
> > thing.
> >
> > I haven't written any code in ten years so I'm looking
> > for something to create GUI Frontends without too much
> > programming experience.
> 
> 
> Python + PyGtk + Glade can be pretty quick
> 

I'm a fan of MonoDevelop, if you want to go the managed code route.
It's incredibly easy to use, and I'm sure there are ways of running a
command and capturing output, although I admit that I don't know what
they are.

Of course, Glade is a wonderful application that will fit your needs.
If you want to have an IDE that does most of the project work for you, I
recommend Anjuta.  It has Glade built right in, and works great for
simple applications, especially if you plan to write code in C.

Hope that helps.

--Jestin