Re: [Qemu-devel] feature idea: allow user to run custom scripts

[Programmingkid]

On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Peter Maydell wrote:

> On 28 September 2015 at 20:43, Programmingkid <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:29 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> 
>>> Programmingkid <address@hidden> writes:
>>>>                                                        A menu item
>>>> that displays a file open dialog is very easy to use. The user just selects
>>>> a file and QEMU loads and runs all the commands in it. This feature
>>>> would make QEMU easier to use. It would also make QEMU easily
>>>> expandable. Typing long commands in the monitor is difficult and
>>>> error prone. Saving these commands in a file would make it much
>>>> easier for the user. An example command someone could put in a
>>>> file is sending Control-Alt-Delete to the emulator. Another command
>>>> could be mounting an image file. This feature would make things
>>>> much easier for the user.
>>> 
>>> You didn't mention you're talking about a *GUI* feature.
>> 
>> I'm thinking it would be easier to send in the patch rather than talk about
>> what this feature could be.
> 
> I think Markus and I are trying to save you that effort by
> pointing out that this is a VM management layer feature,
> not a core QEMU feature.

It would be a simple patch that would be short and sweet. The possibilities 
would
be endless with what the user could use this feature for. I will not implement 
it  :(