Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Menu - Bash vs. Python Rule files

[Svyatogor <svyatogor@gentoo.org>]

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Hi!
I just want to clarify what is the purpose of the rules file. It contains a 
set of functions for generating the various menu elements for a spicific 
window manager. E.g. it would contain a start_submenu function, which is 
called to begin a new sub menu.

I would like to explain my position of using bash scripts. Even though the 
rules files will be installed by the WM ebuild, it is likely that the users 
will want to change some things, which are not directly customisable through 
the menu files (though we'll do our best to cut down on such things). It is 
reasonable to expect the vast majority of users to be familiar with bash (at 
least basic stuff), while not really many users now Python. With this in mind 
I have proposed to use shell.

P.S. Heh, I also was gonna write it. Youwere quicker ;)

On Wednesday 13 August 2003 19:44, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Svyatogor and me are working on a menu system (like debian ones) for
> gentoo. Now we have come to the part where we have to decide whether to use
> python or bash scripts for the rule files of the window managers.
>
> The Python scripts are 2 times as fast as a bash script and in my opinion
> would make live easier, are easier to handle. But svyatogor votes for bash
> scripts, as more people know how to write bash scripts than python scripts,
> here an example of both:
>
> Python:
> http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/f
>luxbox.py?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain
>
> Bash:
> http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/gentoo-menu/examples/f
>luxbox.wm?rev=1.3&cvsroot=gentoo-src&content-type=text/plain
>
> What would you prefer?
>
> mfg, heinrich
>
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