On Thursday 03 October 2013 14:46:18 Dewey Garrett did opine:
> >> Can the code that expands the references in the INI file do
> >> multiplication then?
> >
> >Sadly not, it would be useful at times.
>
> Computations, loops, conditionals, procedures, etc. are doable in
> ini files using haltcl as a substitue for halcmd.
>
> The syntax for haltcl files is very similar to halcmd.
> Ini files can include both hal and haltcl files, and they
> can be intermixed with care:
> [HAL]
> HALFILE=core_sim.tcl
> HALFILE=otherfile.hal
>
> Ref:
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/haltcl.html
>
>
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.devel/2518/match
> =haltcl
>
> $ man haltcl
>
> There is an example sim ini file in:
> configs/sim/simtcl/twopass_demo.ini
>
> The example uses the axis gui and provides procedures
> that implement the setup steps normally done with
> core_sim.hal, axis_manualtoolchange.hal, simulated_home.hal
Some interesting concepts there, thanks for the tut and links, Dewey.
Cheers, Gene
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