Keith Lofstrom wrote: > The most significant attraction of Linux/Unix for me is how easy > it is to do "cheap programming" - shell scripts, perl scripts, etc. > I am a mediocre programmer, but with Linux and a little bit of > knowledge I am able to automate many small tasks. This usually > means that I forget how to run some commands, because I have buried > them in scripts in /usr/local/bin or ~/bin . Since I can *read* the > scripts later on (especially if I add a few lines of comments) that > is actually an automated way to remember stuff without wasting a > lot of attention on it. > > 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. > > 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? > > 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. > I know enough to write quick shell scripts, but I don't often do it unless it's for some unique twist to a makefile.
Define GUI hack! Can I, in 5 minutes, even _find_ where Scilab or OpenOffice keeps it's UI code to change things to my liking? Nope. Do I have the courage (or foolhardiness)? Nope. Or do you mean there's GUI things that are there for me to hack? -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
