Re: [Webware-discuss] re: MakeAppWorkDir.py

[Phil H. <fy...@a4...>]

I prefer command line. Besides being "easier" because I don't have to
learn a GUI, I have servers where I have no intention of having X or
anything graphical running. Dialog is nice for cases where there are
real choices.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 05:03:43PM -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
> What do people think?  I want to make Webware easier, but it's always
> going to be developer and server oriented.  A nice command-line client
> might be just as good, and easier to automate in some ways.
> 
> Of course, on Windows even developer working on servers expect GUIs --
> but would a dialog interface be good enough?  Personally I think I'll
> *always* want a command-line interface -- I'm sure there's many here who
> feel the same, but probably also many who would prefer an interactive
> interface.
> 
> On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:07, Kevin Dahlhausen wrote:
> > I've just completed some work on python dialog wrapper.  Dialog is a
> > command-line utility that can be used to present text-mode
> > user-interface elements from a script ( Messge boxes, menus,
> > checklists, etc.).  I fixed the command line paramter length limitation
> > on the windows/dos version.  Anyway, it's handy for simple installers. 
> > If MakeAppWorkDir is exteneded, this may be used to provide a sharp
> > interface to it.

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