Re: GNOME messaging

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Michael Forrest wrote:

> This proposal basically suggests using messages to connect command line
> shells to other user interface elements such as file browsers, editors,
> customizable dialogues, and perhaps even the window manager.

This is just a matter of us continuing to export program interfaces, and
then using a scripting language to use these interfaces.

>     - Many of the more complex UNIX commands usually have options which
>       are less often used, and therefore easily forgotten. Using
>       dialogues to help complete, or even construct, command lines could
>       alleviate some of these problems

There is a tk tool (I think it's called tkWorld) that does this.

-- Elliot
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