On Tuesday 17 January 2017 10:15:25 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 01/17/2017 03:32 AM, Nicholas Humfrey wrote: > > On 2017-01-16 23:32, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >> On 01/16/2017 02:38 PM, Nicholas Humfrey wrote: > >>> Do you think it would be a good idea to move the "Simple LinuxCNC > >>> G-Code Generators Written in Python" to GitHub? I looked and > >>> couldn't find them there already. Perhaps the python scripts and > >>> documentation could go in their own repo? > >>> > >>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Simple_LinuxCNC_G-Code_Ge > >>>nerators > >>> > >>> > >>> It would make it easier to download them all, track changes and > >>> accept improvements via Pull Requests. > >>> > >>> I would be happy to help perform the move, if it is a good idea. > >>> > >>> > >>> nick. > >> > >> I think that's a great idea, thanks for volunteering! > > > > Great! > > > > Shall I start off creating a repo in my own account and then move it > > to the linuxcnc org later? > > That sounds good. > > It looks to me like the code on that wiki page is mostly of the > "conversational programming" sort, where a GUI window asks the user to > poke & prod buttons and things to make some g-code. If so, it might > fit in the "wizards.git" repo we have at git.linuxcnc.org: > > http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=wizards.git;a=summary > > That repo has been sort of orphaned, perhaps eclipsed by things like > ngcgui and (maybe) NativeCAM.
First I have heard of it, thanks for mentioning it. Sounds handy so I looked it up. Looks usable on the mills, but I get about halfway down the readme page and lathes aren't supported yet. :( Twould be handy. > I think there's room for a new open source project to unify all these > different implementations of the conversational programming concept > that people seem to like. Many of the LinuxCNC GUIs can make tabs > from external programs, so we have at least the beginning of a unified > interface from these conversational-programming GUIs to our regular > machine-control GUIs. > > A developer who wanted to unify and merge the ideas from the different > conversational projects could do a lot of good for our ecosystem. Does this Native CAM not now have an active developer? In any event, I have now spent about 4 hours chaseing CAM links. Enjoyable, even comical reading. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
