Before sending that script I looked for a way for JavaScript to access the local file system. I couldn't find one. Sorry. But that doesn't mean there isn't one.
-- Russ On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > I *like* it! Probably the most universal, and can even be run locally. > Possibly even as a bookmarklet. And luckily for all of us, the DOM > standards let javascript access user input in a fairly elegant way. > > BUT: the pipe paradigm of unix shells allows you to have the input be a > file and the output to be piped into a file or another program. Our browser > approach only lets us use literal text in and out. No big deal, but I > wonder if there's a hack to get directly at the javascript language within > the browser, and to use it like a command line command. > > I think, however, your answer is likely the winner. > > -- Owen > > > > On Dec 27, 2008, at 8:01 PM, Russ Abbott wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >>> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > >
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