On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: .... > > Many PLUG members seem to spend most of their time in GUI-land. > Which is good, if all the visual metaphors are consistent and the > right tools are available. But it is much harder to automate > small hacks that way - you become dependent on others who are > skilled with gtk or qt and c++, who spend days to months polishing > their creations with check boxes and options.
I done some programming in these areas. > > So, I'm curious ... how many of us know enough to write quick shell > scripts? How many of us know how to write quick 5 minute GUI hacks? > Most of my work is in scripts. I do other programming when needed. Not much GUI > Perhaps I can help teach some scripting, and learn some GUI hacking > from others. The real value of open source systems is that they > empower us to create, not just consume. > Don't know what I can lend to the group until the discussion get narrower. There are probably better script jockeys than I but I get the job done when needed. Current work is scripts inside of Makefiles for build automation and rpm creation. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
