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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?



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On 08/19/07 14:12, Manon Metten wrote:
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> 
> Here's an example: I've written a script in ARexx for creating mp3 files. It
> has a
> couple of modes: Scale - 192kbps - 256kbps - Cancel. So when I run this
> script,
> it opens a small window with these four options and I just have to pick the
> one I
> need. Then it opens another window to select the directory where I have my
> .aiff
> files stored (it defaults to ~/mp3/work).

Python + Tcl/Tk should be easier than Python + Gtk.

Even simpler would be bash + dialog or it's GUI companion gtkdialog.

> I find this much more comfortable than eg. typing:
> rx mp3conv.rexx 256kbps ~/mp3/work
> Even better: I run this script from within my dir util (DirOpus ==
> Konqueror), so I
> don't have to type anything.

Your geek cred just dropped.  Substantially.

But that's ok.  Really.  Honestly, we won't snicker about you while
sipping pretentious and outrageously expensive microbrew.  I swear.

> But I have a second question: Is there a programmable text editor available
> (with
> a nice GUI - not something like emacs where I have to remember all those
> ctrl+shift+left-alt+m commands) that I can completely control from within a
> Python script?


Complete control?  I don't know.  But gedit (sorry, a GNOME app)
lets you access at least some of the window and editor.

> 
> Greetings, Manon.
> 


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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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