Re: [Fwd: [gnome-db]perl scripts in the frontend]

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On 06 May 2001 01:02:29 +0200, Joaquín Cuenca Abela wrote:
> Oh, my... these stupid lists without a good Reply-to... ;-)
> 
> Joaquín Cuenca Abela wrote:
> > 
> > Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I've opened a bug in bugzilla about the Perl interpreter stuff in the
> > > GNOME-DB frontend. Please have a look at
> > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53112, and see if you can help
> > > to enlighten the situation :-)
> > 
> > The way I did it in Abiword:
> > 
> > * Add the perl interpreter stuff to the gnome-db frontend [done].
> > * Make perl bindings (with the xs stuff) to your functionality (libgda
> > stuff & the gnome-db widgets).
ok, Alvaro is working on the start of the perl bindings for libgda, so,
for a 1st phase, having bindings for libgda seems quite good. Then,
we'll have to add Perl bindings for the GNOME-DB widgets

> > * Add some stupid button that will open a file selector dialog box to
> > select and execute a perl script (just to test your bindings).
I was thinking on something more complicated (a 'Script manager' or
something like that), but it seems too much, so just an 'Open script'
dialog would do the work.

> > * Add the possibility to bind a perl script to a menu item and/or
> > toolbar item (like the gimp).
> > 
wow, that's a great idea, we definitely want to have it :-)

> > I'm still in the forth phase in abi :-)
> > 
we're on the 2nd in gnome-db :-(

cheers
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org> <rodrigo ximian com>
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