RE: shell programming made easy

["Poletti, Don" <don poletti comverse-in com>]

Sounds like apple script

> -----Original Message-----
> From: maga.gna@softhome.net [mailto:maga.gna@softhome.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:05 PM
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject: shell programming made easy
> 
> 
> an important feature of unix shell is to be programmable. 
> graphic user 
> interfaces aren't. i think would be a great improvment to make gnome 
> programmable as well. a good way to make it should be to create an 
> easy tool, usable for most users.
> my idea is to make recordable a sequence of commands made in gnome 
> environment. for example: to make a batch to save a file into two 
> different directories, i mean some thing like this:
> 
> click start recording
> open file menu
> click "save as"
> choose directory
> mark this step in order the name would be prompted each time
> write file name
> copy file name to clipboard
> ok
> open file menu
> "save as"
> choose second directory
> paste file name
> ok
> stop recording
> 
> i think something like that will make shell programming easy for most 
> user.
> 
> bye
> 
> maga.gna
> 
> 
> 
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