On Saturday 17 January 2009 00:08:17 r wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Peter TB Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Currently, the gEDA configuration files are executed by a Scheme > > interpreter. This has a number of flaws: > > > > 1. An error in a configuration file will cause it not to be fully > > interpreted. This can potentially leave gEDA applications in an > > unusable state or even cause it not to start at all. Furthermore, > > this can be confusing to a new user, who might not be familiar with > > Scheme or the quirks of gEDA configuration and thus more at risk of > > making mistakes configuring gEDA. > > Having a scripting language at hand is one of the most important > features of gEDA. At the moment this feature is not sufficiently > exploited because of limited API and perhaps poor implementation > (guile) but removing it would IMHO be a mistake.
I agree 100%. Hence [RFC 2/6], a plugin system which corrects the security
problems *and* allows users to easily add their own code to gEDA.
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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