On Fri, 2020-09-04 at 21:43 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:17, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > > > I'm not going to turn this into a rant about Linux command lines but when > > you think about it much of working with LinuxCNC is essentially still > > 'command line' oriented. > > Actually, it isn't. But it looks that way from email lists, forums and > IRC because it is _much_ easier to tell someone the text-based way to > do something on a text-based medium than it is to describe the GUI > approach. > > Advanced HAL involves text editing, despite a few attempts at a GUI. > But bear in mind that the HAL is typically set up once and used > unchanged for years. A fancy GUI might not be a worthwhile time > investment, and no matter how good is likely to miss some features > that can be hand-coded. > > LinuxCNC configuration is graphical, with pncconf and stepconf. There > are (several) conversational interfaces for simple operations. Some > more finished and workable than others. > What is needed there is a bit more integration between the GUIs and > the CAM. (I am thinking particularly of NativeCAM here, which does > clever stuff with block-delete to show the stock in the preview, but > it would be nicer if that was something that the GUI knew how to do. >
Did you try GenericCAM ? http://genericcam.sourceforge.net/ It compiles good on Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
