Re: gEDA-dev: Proposal for a gschem Tools menu for list of scripts

[Paul Tan <pt75234-at-NOSPAMaim_dot_com>]

Hi Peter TB Brett and All,

Thank you very much for your response.  Yes,
so I would suggest we could pre-configure the
system-gschemrc with Tools-menu-items with a
template scheme code, and encourage others to
add script path to that lists, so we can be more
organized about scripting and help in visibility
to the user.  I am not suggesting all
schematic/sym related scripts should fit in
this scheme of things, its just a recommeded
user friendly way to implement scripts if possible.
However, there are some issues that we need
to discuss and agree on a common preferred way to
implement scripts with additional user inputs
and/or options using the menu approach.

I would also suggest we add the list of gnetlist
script paths to an aggreed ???-menu-item to make
them more visible to the users. Some paths may be
commented out if the netlisters or scripts are
not well known.  If user needed them, they can
always comment them in.  Note that this would
not affect anything about the user running
the gnetlist or scripts other ways as they wish.
Again, some netlisters may need additional user
inputs and options, I hope we can find a user
friendly and generic ways to implement them.

The additional user inputs/options in script
issue also applies to the Icon menu scripting
approach.  Any suggestions and comments are
welcome.


Best Regards,

Paul Tan



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter TB Brett <peter@peter-b.co.uk>
To: gEDA developer mailing list <geda-dev@moria.seul.org>
Sent: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:12 am
Subject: Re: gEDA-dev: Proposal for a gschem Tools menu for list of 
scripts



On Friday 23 November 2007 07:05:52 Paul Tan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As I was thinking about how to best implement the
> "gEDA schematic menu buttons for scripts" that I
> posted in the gEDA-dev forum, I thought I should
> also propose an alternative generalized way of
> implementing "Tools menu for list of pre-configured/
> user-configured scripts" approach.

We already have it:

(1) Write a Scheme function which does what you need
(2) Add it to menu definitions in system-gschemrc

Ideally, we need a similar system for the toolbars.

                             Peter


--
Peter Brett

Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd




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