On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Nathan Owens <ndowens....@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/13/2011 07:46 PM, Brad Fanella wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Nathan Owens<ndowens....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I wrote a little AUR helper in C++, though currently it only downloads >>> the >>> tarball if the package name is valid. I am new to C++ and wanted to know >>> if >>> you thought the code was good. I was thinking about putting it in AUR, >>> but >>> figured I would asked for opinion first. Here is the url for the code: >>> http://pastebin.com/aSW1awD4 >>> >> Looks promising. Hopefully the C++ will give the helper a speed boost. :-) >> >> But, err... >> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=27 > > After I get an idea how to do a search function, I would add it to the > program. Though I am of course very new to C++ since it is my first language > to try and learn. > > Thanks for the kind reply to it. >
Hey, looks like a great start to c++ :) One thing to look into though is to see if you can interface with the aur rpc interface. This would be a nice "next step" towards a proper aur helper imo.