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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Kito wrote: |
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> Where 'Gentoo applications' == the portage UI itself ? Or are you talking |
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> about actually wrapping arbitrary packages in a GUI? |
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> The former, should definitely wait until portage 3 (saviour) is here, as that |
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> will be the first portage to actually have an API. |
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> The latter, is a completely crazy idea, but if you think you can pull it off, |
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> more power to ya ;) |
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It isn't as crazy as it sounds. Apple has been wrapping GUIs around CLI |
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tools since MPW's Commando, and then later in A/UX. These days we can use |
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AppleScript to run shell commands, which is particularly useful with |
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droplets. Tiger's Automator has also been used to leverage CLI tools [1]. |
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Dirk's Renaissance [2] suggestion is nice because it is portable (would |
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work under linux) and it is open. Other tools for doing this are not all |
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free and open [3]. |
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[1] http://www.pixelglow.com/shellac/ |
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[2] http://www.gnustep.it/Renaissance/ |
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[3] |
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http://sveinbjorn.sytes.net/software |
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http://www.wsanchez.net/software/ |
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http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/ucsi-sw/products.html |
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http://www.prefab.com/ |
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> Sorry, I guess I don't understand the goal completely... |
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> --Kito |
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