I would like to see a GUI REPL that could tie into the existing pdl2 or perldl shells. Basically, we would need something that would support Term::ReadLine and connect to STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR and would work with win32 from the start.
Cheers, Chris On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:25 AM, David Mertens <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > You go for the command-line option, I'll work on packaging my gui repl. But > do NOT send the resulting files to the mailing lists. They will be huge. > Create a project on sourceforge.net or github.com and post links to the list > instead. > > I'm looking forward to working this! > > David > > On Jan 24, 2012 4:47 AM, "MARK BAKER" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So what we need to do is get a person from Windows , Linux , Mac >> to work on a Tk interface then those three people need to collaborate >> so to make sure that all three are the same as far as functionality and >> overall look... then we need to use the PAR::Packer and pp to then make >> a (Windows linux Mac exe) and other extensions for the other Operating >> systems >> >> Where if we click the exe with out a script then it goes to a command line >> PDL interface >> I will make some examples for Windows and Linux as I dont have a Mac Yet >> ... >> >> they will be command line only interfaces but I will send them as a >> attachment in a >> Tar to the Perldl list so every can download and see if they have any bugs >> unless there is a better way to get them to be tested >> Please Let me know !! >> >> Cheers ! >> >> --Mark R baker >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: David Mertens <[email protected]> >> To: Matthew Kenworthy <[email protected]> >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 7:04 AM >> Subject: Re: [Perldl] Let us Kvetch! (was: PDL book checking) >> >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Matthew Kenworthy >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> *my personal take, and this thread does have "kvetch" in the subject :) * >> >> > Alien is the conceptual namespace given to managing (or at least >> > querying) >> > >> > local::lib provides a simple cross-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, >> > probably >> > >> > This is terrific, but what changed over the last couple of years in PDL >> > that >> > made this possible? >> >> One click installations with 2D plotting for all platforms makes all >> the difference. It means that I can point collaborators to an install >> package, and get them using my scripts ASAP. My collaborators don't >> care at all about Alien, local::lib, CPAN or dependencies. They want >> something that works without thinking about the installation or >> support. >> >> >> Here is a version of one-click that I would *love* to see, and which >> should happen, I think and hope, by this fall: >> >> cpan Task::PDL::David >> >> If I can point an interested user to a one click install of PDL and it >> works, then we have a new user of PDL. As soon as they hit one >> roadblock, they're *gone*. It doesn't matter if it was a non-PDL >> dependency fail, they assume it's a PDL problem and they walk away. >> When you can seamlessly install SciPy with one click but your build of >> PDL requires knowledge of CPAN to build it, you immediately lose out >> on the mindshare. >> >> >> Sounds like a GUI interface to CPAN would be really helpful. Perhaps we >> can write something using Prima so it's cross-platform? >> >> >> Unless there is a driving reason why they need to >> install/configure/maintain some package, people will go with what is >> (a) run by their friends/associates, so they have someone to ask them >> for local help, and (b) something that has a huge online support >> community with immediate response time. >> >> My current view of the PDL community is that there is a group of about >> 100-200 people who use and run PDL code, with 10 to 20 people in >> active voice on the mailing lists, and a significant fraction of these >> people have used PDL for > 5 years. If anyone knows what the current >> email distribution size is, it would be interesting to know. >> >> Matt >> >> >> It turns out that if you are registered on the mailing list, you can get >> these details. The Perldl (users) mailing list has 175 non-digested >> subscribers and 29 digested subscribers. The Porters list has 51 >> non-digested subscribers and 6 digested subscribers. The number of people >> who *use* PDL could be far bigger, for all we know. Also, there are about >> four regulars on IRC (and two regular bots). >> >> I argue that one-click installers are only easy to implement if the >> underlying library is well structured. This may take some one-time effort >> for SciPDL, but if that's your only complaint, I would be happy to help out >> with that. The first step would be to put instructions on the wiki for how >> SciPDL is currently built. We can only enhance the build process once it's >> known. >> >> David >> >> -- >> Sent via my carrier pigeon. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Perldl mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Perldl mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl > _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
