redhat 7.1 choosing timezones interface

[Warren Togami]

I suggest starting with the source code of Red Hat's installer interface
itself.  Their installer is called Anaconda, and it is written in the Python
language.  It is fully open source under the GNU GPL license, so you are
free to study it and even use the code in your own project as long as you
abide by the rules of the GPL.

Quickly looking at the Red Hat packages, they have two "anaconda" and
"anaconda-runtime".  I suspect that you may need these, along with all
python packages installed.  Because Python is an interpreted langauge like
perl, the actual code itself of the installer would be in within
"anaconda-runtime", the package used to build Red Hat installation CD's.

You might also look for accompanying "src.rpm" source RPM packages for
"anaconda" and "anaconda-runtime" that may have additional information that
may be useful.

Charles seems knowledgable about Python, so he may have some additional
insight about this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronnie" <rlivings at hawaii.edu>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:03 PM
Subject: [luau] redhat 7.1 choosing timezones interface


> Hi, id like to create something like what redhat has when one chooses the
> timezone during the installation process.   For those who dont know what
> im talking about,  there is a green arrow which points to the nearest city
> on the map depending on where the mouse is.   One doesnt necessarily have
> to be on the exact spot to click/choose the city but whereever your arrow
> is pointing to, is the city youre choosing.  Oh yeah this is for a school
> project used for a similar purpose of choosing a country/city.
>
> thanks