Re: [gentoo-osx] Followup to: The road ahead?

[Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au>]

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Kito wrote:

> 
> Where 'Gentoo applications' == the portage UI itself ? Or are you talking
> about actually wrapping arbitrary packages in a GUI?
> 
> The former, should definitely wait until portage 3 (saviour) is here, as that
> will be the first portage to actually have an API.
> 
> The latter, is a completely crazy idea, but if you think you can pull it off,
> more power to ya ;)

It isn't as crazy as it sounds. Apple has been wrapping GUIs around CLI 
tools since MPW's Commando, and then later in A/UX. These days we can use 
AppleScript to run shell commands, which is particularly useful with 
droplets. Tiger's Automator has also been used to leverage CLI tools [1].

Dirk's Renaissance [2] suggestion is nice because it is portable (would 
work under linux) and it is open. Other tools for doing this are not all 
free and open [3].

-f

[1] http://www.pixelglow.com/shellac/

[2] http://www.gnustep.it/Renaissance/

[3]
http://sveinbjorn.sytes.net/software
http://www.wsanchez.net/software/

http://home.tiscali.cz:8080/ucsi-sw/products.html
http://www.prefab.com/



> Sorry, I guess I don't understand the goal completely...
> 
> --Kito
> 
> 
> 
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