Sion Arrowsmith enlightened us with:
> You're assuming that the tester is already familiar with a text
> editor.
Indeed. Someone working on a test suite sounded like someone who knows
how to work with a text editor.
> And then they would have to learn the syntax of the configuration
> file, and t
Sybren Stuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Paraic Gallagher enlightened us with:
>> While I agree in principal to your opinion, the idea is that an
>> absolute moron would be able to configure a testcell with smallest
>> amount of effort possible.
>Then explain to me why learning how to use your pr
David Wahler wrote:
>With the disclaimer that, as others have said, this may not be the best
>user-interface choice:
>
> import readline
> readline.set_startup_hook(lambda: readline.insert_text(old_value))
> try:
>new_value = raw_input()
> finally:
>readline.set_startup_hook(None)
>
>N
Paraic Gallagher wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is my first post to the list, I hope somebody can help me with this
> problem. Apologies if it has been posted before but I have been internet
> searching to no avail.
>
> What I am trying to do is provide a simple method for a user to change a
> config file,
Paraic Gallagher enlightened us with:
> While I agree in principal to your opinion, the idea is that an
> absolute moron would be able to configure a testcell with smallest
> amount of effort possible.
Then explain to me why learning how to use your program to edit the
file is easier than using an
Sybren Stuvel wrote:
>My opinion: let the user edit the configuration file using his/her
>favourite text editor. Someone configuring a test suite should
>certainly be able to edit a text file.
>
>Sybren
>
>
While I agree in principal to your opinion, the idea is that an absolute
moron
would be
Paraic Gallagher enlightened us with:
> What I am trying to do is provide a simple method for a user to
> change a config file, for a test suite.
My opinion: let the user edit the configuration file using his/her
favourite text editor. Someone configuring a test suite should
certainly be able to e
Hi,
This is my first post to the list, I hope somebody can help me with this
problem. Apologies if it has been posted before but I have been internet
searching to no avail.
What I am trying to do is provide a simple method for a user to change a
config file, for a test suite.
The config file c
