Re: Understanding @leo.directive

2009-04-19 Thread ne1uno
On Apr 16, 7:57 am, "Edward K. Ream" wrote: [] > My hunch is that these ideas are important, perhaps extremely > important. > > The present situation reminds me of my first impression of e's > dynaButtons. I didn't really understand them at first, but the phrase > "bring scripts to nodes" event

Re: leo and pyjamas (e.g. http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax)

2009-04-19 Thread Alia K
Ville wrote: > I don't see it's very feasible to compile Tk / Qt code to > javascript... If it was possible, it would be pretty close to "holy > grail" for programming in general, not just Leo. But what about a pyjamas-based backend... now that would be off the charts... AK --~--~-~--~-

Re: (mis)understanding leo nodes

2009-04-19 Thread Alia K
Edward wrote: > No need to feel guilty.  It's often useful to look again at fundamental > issues, even if (or maybe especially because) one isn't considering > "accurate" details.  It is for this reason that it is so *useful* to forget > how things work, and especially why things "can't" work.  T

Re: leo and pyjamas (e.g. http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax)

2009-04-19 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM, lkcl wrote: > the possibilities are dramatic and considerable: there's the distinct > possibility, for example, of compiling the entire leo application into > javascript, to run in the web browser. I don't see it's very feasible to compile Tk / Qt code to javasc

Re: (mis)understanding leo nodes

2009-04-19 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Alia K wrote: > > I've been feeling a little bit guilty about shooting my mouth off on > @leo.directives without really understanding the way leo's fundamental > nodes work. No need to feel guilty. It's often useful to look again at fundamental issues, even i

Re: leo and pyjamas (e.g. http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax)

2009-04-19 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:52 AM, lkcl wrote: > > i'd heard of leo about two years ago, and was overawed by the > concept. i just wanted to point out that pyjamas is a python-to- > javascript compiler, so many of the things on > http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax > that are listed as "near-impossible

leo and pyjamas (e.g. http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax)

2009-04-19 Thread lkcl
hi folks, i'd heard of leo about two years ago, and was overawed by the concept. i just wanted to point out that pyjamas is a python-to- javascript compiler, so many of the things on http://leo.zwiki.org/LeoInAjax that are listed as "near-impossible" or "nice to have" are in fact a lot closer t