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