LINDA and MCP development. First steps.

Dear Artem, LINDA team, forum colleagues,

Can you please help me to start developing for MCP? I have IT background (Dipl, Inf) and did programming experience at Uni, I'm more sysadmin than developer by basic education. I hope after some basic things I did 20 years ago at assembler, pascal, c/c++, sh I can do it. I understand Lua scripts, functions, variables etc.

My target is MCP Combo Airbus type. It is recognised by LINDA in Boeing mode, but (as fas as I understand) scripts has to be changed to understand new Airbus type commands in RS232 and Linda should send new text to MCPs RS232. Perhaps commands are same, but... I need you help to understand LINDA better. My question:

1. Could you please tell which files I have to dig for writing to screens and reading buttons?

2. How to make a new entry for new MCP Airbus in drop down menu? Is it in lua script or inside the original code?

3. Can you please give a small example of Hello world! message lua code at MCP (Boeing or original) screen?

With this MCP I feel myself as a kid with new Lego box )) I dream to send different messages from FSX to the screen. Weather, for example, FPS info string, GPS data, VATSIM messages, and many many. Just dreams.

Thank you in advance for your reply,

Best regards,

Pavel Osipov

(EDDM)