Re: A graphical tool to create a launch scripts

From: Eric Moors (scare.crow_at_oz.land)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:01:03 +0100

> Is there any graphical tool that can be used de create a shell script?
> For
> example this tool should be able to create a box representing a command,
> when you click a certain button on this box you would be able to change
> the options that are passed to the command. Most importantly, if a cammand
> has an output (a file containing the result) one should be able to connect
> this output to the input of another box. The tool will automatically
> generate a file name (/tmp/foobar) that will contain the result of the
> first command. each box should have an "execute" button that will launch
> the command with the proper parameters, provided that all its inputs are
> uptodate.
>
> I understand that my question may soud strange. Let me explain in which
> context this may be useful. We have a set of programs that can be applied
> to images (like filters, for example) and we would enable the students to
> creates (graphically) chains of filters and see the result (some commands
> just display an image). We also want the students to change the parameters
> of the different filters.
>
> The configuration of such a tool would be a file containing the name of
> each command and a description of its parameters (along with the
> type of each parameter and each output).
>
> If you know of some tool that fits this description, I would be happy to
> hear from you. Thanks in advance.

I suggest you look into dialog (or Xdialog)

Eric

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