Re: ANNOUCE: gTrouble - New project

[Tom Gilbert <gilbertt tomgilbert freeserve co uk>]

* Miguel de Icaza (miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx) wrote:
> 
> > gTrouble will be a flexible extensible trouble-shooting application,
> > reading guides from sgml files, and walking users through the
> > contents. An example sgml file is included at the bottom of this mail
> > to show the kind of thing I hope to achieve.
> 
> This looks wonderful!
> 
> Although, I have to agree with the other poster.  Perhaps using XML
> would give you a bit more of control on the generation of the actual
> file process and adapt it to your needs.
> 
> > gTrouble would provide a library of test routines for use in guides,
> > so (as in the example below) tests such as file existence /
> > permissions / program versions etc could be implemented in addition
> > to asking the user questions.
> 
> Very good thinking.  Perhaps it would be good to embedd scripts in a
> popular language on it?  Perl strikes me as a good idea, as it good
> for doing a lot of Unix-ish tasks as well as having a very nice CORBA
> support that would enable the testing program to control the running
> applications and query them live.
> 
> Something like:
> 
> <page ref="modem">
> 	<question ref="is_modem_working">
> 	<qtext>
> 		<para>Is your modem operational?</para>
> 	<perl>
> 		open dev, "/dev/ttyS0" || 
> 		open dev, "/dev/ttyS1" ||
> 			return "NODE:Could not open any modem device";
> 	</perl>
> </page>
> 
> Or stuff like:
> <page ref="Gnumeric printing">
> 	<question ref="output_is_choppped">
> 	<qtext>
> 		<para>Is the print output being chooped above?</para>
> 	</qtext>
> 	<perl>
> 		import GNOME::Gnorba;
> 
> 		$gnumeric = goad_object_activate ("GOADID:Gnumeric");
> 		if ($gnumeric->paper_type == "A4"){
> 			return "NODE:Perhaps your selected paper size is wrong";
> 		}
> 	</perl>
> </page>

Oh yes - I didn't think of this. I like it lots!

It and gives much more power for less time investment, and would most
importantly be familiar to most people.

Groovy:)

Tom.
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