There is a Unix implementation of acme called wily, uses
athena widgets(ugh) but is heavily extendable using scripting
languages like python and tcl, and executes any string selected
is you use the right mouse button, and opens it if middle mouse button.
The meanings of execute and open are context dependent, and could be folders
and programs.
While we are throwing around ideas, jpython could be used to extend jessie
for scripting of debugging activities. Jpython allows python access to java
classes with NO additional code. A set of classes-methods would have to be
identified in jessie as being useful for scripting, and public methods
from there will be accessible to python.(see www.jpython.org).
Rahul
I got this from you:
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> Nikitopoulos Theodoros spontaneously blurts out:
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> > Maybe Jessie could benefit by their design in some of its aspects.
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> Thanks for the pointer! While I looked at it quickly, my mind has quite
> got wrapped around it yet. Complexity is the bugaboo of serious debugging
> and any precedents for problem solving are a good thing. In the development
> of Jessie (and its predecessor Nessie), we often backed off and asked to
> "what would netscape do?" or "how would Quicken do it?". Whether or not
> you like these products, they are standards for user interface interaction
> for the masses.
>
> -Dean Johnson
> Tool Hooligan
> Jessie Project
> Silicon Graphics Inc. Eagan,MN (651) 683-5880
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