On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:10 AM, Nick Hughart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Jennings wrote: >> On Saturday, 02 August 2008, at 10:52:08 (+1000), >> Carsten Haitzler wrote: >> >> >>> seems there's a few votes for keep of embryo. i'm going to just monitor the >>> sentiment here - i'm agnostic really - though edje needs a LOT better >>> "scripting" support. yes JS might be an option - python imho is just away >>> too >>> big and heavy. existing efl bindings are not really useful as edje will >>> have to >>> wrap and hide most things - ie you set up a timer - edje needs to know so it >>> can delete the timer on edje object deletion. just an example. so it's >>> pretty >>> much a level playing field based on: >>> >>> 1. efficiency of the language - the leaner/faster, the better >>> 2. actual language ease of use/documentation/facilities. etc. >>> 3. aptness of the language engine to embedding as a slave to a library for >>> doing code logic (ie be able to function fully sandboxed without any >>> features/calls and all calls are explicitly exported from edje). >>> >>> lua right now seems to be probably the candidate i've seen. embryo is a >>> close >>> second (used to be better than lua). >>> >> >> Python is definitely too bulky and unstable (i.e., moving target). >> Perl is a stationary target but still too heavy. Even JS might be too >> much, and it's not really a speed demon. >> >> I know rpm5 is using lua to great success. It's clean, fast, and easy >> to embed. I'll also reiterate my recommendation of ferite for the >> same reasons. (I personally prefer ferite's syntax to lua's, but lua >> seems to have won the popularity contest.) >> > > I'd also throw a vote out for ferite, the author of it was once involved > with E wasn't he? If anything I know he'd be very interested with an > integration in edje as I've personally been asked by him if anyone had > considered it :) I might even take a close look at lua and ferite so I > can make a more informed decision :) > > Just so I'm aware, is there anything outstanding in lua that embryo > can't do? Is it just the wide-spread usage of lua and it's > documentation that make it worth the switch or is it syntactically > better, provide better performance, etc?
Since Edje is target at designers (ie: colors are not premul, etc), I think we should go with JS since most designers know it somehow, even if they don't really know, they think they do and they will not be afraid of trying it... Also, many systems use it as scripting language, comes to mind Photoshop, Qt-based applications and it's the official language of KDE for exactly that reason. I remember INdT designers hacking some Photoshop scripts just because they knew bits of JS from web development. Lua is good, yes, but I think that going with a more widespread language is the way to go. -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
