On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Jacob Peck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/1/2013 9:50 AM, Edward K. Ream wrote: > >> To execute, say, a java program from a Leo outline >> > Out of curiosity, are there any leo-to-other-languages bridges out there? > There is a Tk bridge. You can execute Tk scripts in scripts.leo. They used to work just fine, but now they tend to segfault Leo. That may be because the Tk interp isn't run in a separate process. > > Better yet, is there a RESTful API that Leo can expose to get at the > nodes/commanders/globals? I can see this being a huge boon. > > Leo would run a small local webserver on a local port (for this example, > we'll go with :9999). It would return JSON replies to queries. > [snip] > This could enable non-python languages to interact with Leo outlines in a > fairly hassle-free manner... nearly every language has simple bindings to > make http requests and parse json. > Client-server Leo keeps coming up. It would also be the basis of Leo as a web app. > > Sorry to get off topic. It just struck me as potentially awesome. > It does have some potential. But really, we have got to make Leo more understandable to newbies. EKR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
