[Gllug] On Linux desktops...

[Xander D Harkness]

robin.c.smith at bt.com wrote:

> This sounds sounds similar to a windows PIF file. How about being able to
> pipe the output of one gui block to another i.e. link blocks together by
> arrows?
> 
> I currently have a script called photocopy which does something like:-
> 
> scanimage | crop it with netpbm | convert to Laserjet with netpbm | lpr
> 
> Can you imagine how clever GUI users would feel if they could create a
> photocopy application on the fly just by clicking a mouse on a set of
> standard GUI components? I've been meaning to write this GUI application for
> many years but I have never had the time yet :-(
> 
> Robin
> 


Isn't this how the programming with the lego machines work.  You drag 
and drop programming lumps together?  At least that's what it looks like 
on the packet.

Xander


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