Sure, why not. - My program, my rules. My app, for example, won't be running all the time. You call it, it runs and closes. I can add or remove whatever features or behavior characteristics that I want, in a language I understand.
- Cross-platform. Can you run TypeAndRun on Linux or Mac? - Some may argue that you can run aliases on unix consoles. But that's not always convenient. I have several two or three-letter aliases that would be mistaken for native unix commands in a unix console. The Aliases app would give me a different namespace, so to speak. Besides, I find that having a tiny box that runs and closes is better for that than opening a big console window or having it running all the time just to invoke programs, scripts and URLs. - Reusing code. My app can easily be integrated into other applications. Actually, I have this one application that runs all the time here and I intend to extend and turn into a cross-platform Desktop replacement, and the Aliases script would fit in fine. - Dissemination. For some reason, TypeAndRun didn't manage to make the concept popular among Windows users. I don't see anyone using it, except for a small number of �ber geeks like PowerPro users or PowerTools subscribers. Who knows, maybe my app can make it. - Fun. Writing things in Tcl is way fun! - TypeAndRun isn't perfect. No application is. Computer users are the most fickle, fastidious and obnoxious bastard types. The inclusion or removal of any one tiny feature can make them turn their backs on a product or service and sprint for another without a flinch. So in all likelihood, there'll always be room for yet another app. Based on your logic, no one would have written the countless text editors we run into every fortnight. PowerPro itself started as Stiletto, a very prosaic launcher bar. Why would Bruce write it if there were other similar applications available? Finally, shipping an interpreted language script as a single executable is not trivial. Few of them can do that, and it always involves packing at least part of the interpreter engine. That is not a big problem. Every packed application will be more or less 1.5 Mb. It is very reasonable for a desktop application. Tcl has excellent memory management capabilities. I don't know how much memory it uses, but I know it's very low on CPU. > If the latter, I doubt it could do the autocompletion et > al in any useful manner if the script engine has not been > specifically designed for these jobs. Sorry, but now you just don't know what you are talking about. These languages are designed to do just about everything. Writing autocompletion code in Tcl can be quite trivial. If you are a "total novice in programming", get to learn a little more about any full-fledge scripting language and you will see. It's perfectly possible to do it even with PowerPro. I just think it will be easier, more fun and more useful if I write it in Tcl. -- Luciano Espirito Santo Santos, SP - Brasil <-quote-> ************************************************** On 02/05/04 at 02:03, swzoh wrote in 5K: > No offence here, just curiosity. Why bother to create one > if it'll not come in PP, since there exists a superb alias > freeware "TypeAndRun". At a glance, TAR can already do > all what you described and more, even 'keyboard shortcuts' > through a plugin in near future. The only thing I'm aware > of that people might think as a shortcoming of TAR is its > memory consumption, ~4MB at minimum. I know the author had > done a lot memory optimization, but it's written in 'Delphi > 7' so has a certain limitation. But, I didn't experience > a significant memory leakage in the recent versions. > > You said it'll come as the single executable. Will it be a > genuine stand-alone executable or merely shipped with the > script engine? I'm afraid here whether I properly expressed > what I meant, I'm a total novice in programming. If the > latter, I doubt it could do the autocompletion et al > in any useful manner if the script engine has not been > specifically designed for these jobs. > > If my memory serves, there already was a PP script long ago > which intended to do autocompletion, however, I would not > call it the (exact) autocompletion, especially if compared > with those in TAR or in the latest PP. I think someone > could also script those you intend to achieve with only > PP's pure script engine, let alone the difficulties. But, > I highly doubt that it'll ever become useful. > > If I overlooked or misunderstood something, please corret > me. Thanks for your patience. ********* END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE *********</-quote-> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. 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