On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:05:12 +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message > <56a18e2b-4967-4a63-852e-1eb53bb6e...@j8g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, Alex > Barna wrote: > >> So what happens to this field (Windows GUI automation) ? > > Can’t understand the point to it. “GUI automation” is a contradiction in > terms, because a GUI is designed for use by humans to do manual tasks, > not ones that can be automated.
There have been plenty of systems for recording user actions and playing them back. They're very useful at times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_recorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro_(computer_science) You might even have heard of one of them... Emacs. I hear that it's moderately popular among Linux users. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3769 > Tasks that can be automated are most easily, flexibly, and above all > reliably, done via command lines and other such scripting interfaces. That's a matter of opinion, and it clearly depends on the nature of the GUI and CLI, as well as what task you're trying to automate. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list