tma_at_nettest.dk writes:
> Has anybody been thinking about introducing something like TCL in
> fvwm. To me it looks like most current fvwm commands can be translated
> directly to TCL commands. This would automatically add
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> What do you think? Will it work? Anybody out there want to help?
I don't want to discourage you and I don't want to start a flame war
either.
However, my experience has been that tcl/tk is excellent for small
appletts but not for medium or large applications. All the larger
tcl/tk based apps that I know of (tkdesk, tkinfo, and a few I can't
remember now) are too buggy to rely on. That is surely due to the
absence of data-types and type checking in the language.
There is a fvwm derived project (scwm) that uses scheme (lisp?) as a
scripting language.
My suggestion would be to look at ``slang'', which I believe is some
sort of C-interpreter. I don't know how good it is, but it is used in
the ``jed'' editor for example.
Regards
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Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 08:17:28 BST