JavaScript sure seems like a simple solution. Here's a primitive version of
one possibility.
<html>
<head>
<script>
function transform(input) {
output.value = "transformed version of:\n" + input;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
Copy the text to be translated into this text area and press "Go". <br />
<textarea id = "input" cols = 100></textarea>
<input type=button value="Go"
onclick="transform(document.getElementById('input').value);" />
<br />
<textarea id = "output" cols = 100></textarea>
</body>
</html>
-- Russ
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
>
>>
>> What language could I write a script in (no graphics, simply text in,
>>> text out) that would run on all the computers used by Friam folks?
>>>
>>
>> Javascript!
>>
>
> Well, it is certainly lurking on all of our systems that have a browser,
> that's for sure! But if I just send folks a javascript file, how are they
> to execute it, and how are they to specify stdin/out?
>
> I really am serious here: I'd like to know which scripting language and
> runtime is reasonably likely to be on our systems. Its pretty grim if
> there's not a reasonable answer!
>
> The specific stunt I'm looking at takes a text file in, and converts it to
> morse code. Also the reverse, take in morse code and translate it to ascii.
> Dead simple and kinda fun. But to share it with others, I'd like a script
> that could work on most systems.
>
> -- Owen
>
>
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