RE: [FR-devel] System_commands plugin and Scripting in general

[Curt Hibbs]

Let me think about this a little.

Curt

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> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Hal
> E. Fulton
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 4:33 PM
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> Subject: [FR-devel] System_commands plugin and Scripting in general
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> 
> Curt, 
> 
> I've been looking at System_commands again
> (since I'm *trying* to devote time to FR)
> and I like it so far.
> 
> I'm thinking I would like to get started 
> on the Scripting sub-project, but I am
> rather at a loss as to where to begin.
> 
> Would you like to give me a suggestion 
> or even an assignment?
> 
> One goal: I'd like to expose an API that
> will allow the user to write a "quick and 
> dirty" script and attach it to a list of
> scripts. (Probably in a common directory,
> optionally attached as a menu item, and
> later on optionally with an icon.)
> 
> The Q&D script would not be true OO, but 
> would be the equivalent of a Ruby script
> written at the toplevel. I'm guessing I'd
> evaluate it in the context of some object
> so that it could get easy access to system
> info (perhaps storing common slots in instance
> vars rather than forcing the user to access
> the databus).
> 
> For more advanced scripting the user would 
> follow a model or template and subclass 
> Command or whatever. He would define undo
> and redo methods and so on.
> 
> A couple of other thoughts:
> 
> 1. Shouldn't the "refactoring" tools be 
> implemented through the scripting interface?
> That seems right to me.
> 
> 2. Here's an annoying thought. In a few years,
> FreeRIDE is popular. People start to share 
> scripts with each other. This opens the door
> to such a thing as a FreeRIDE virus or trojan.
> Should we give thought to this?
> 
> Hal
> 
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