[ge-talk] (no subject)

[Ari Haviv]

On 1/17/07, Ronald Vos <egregius at gmail.com> wrote:

> What if programs, in addition to their normal functioning, output the
> commands with the right programhooks needed to repeat the action you just
> performed to some sort of 'log-view window'.
>
> Say you copy a file, then in the log-view window the correct command
> complete with correct syntax and the source + destination used appear.
> Or, taking the example from
> http://www.birdhouse.org/beos/byte/08-scripting/, when you

and i agree with the last paragraph there :)
This is a great idea, not just for educational purposes but also for
beta testing

> Problem with localised commands is that 'help-files' or previously gained
> knowledge sometimes pre-supposed the english versions. Setting up localised
> 'alternates' seems like a pure win. Although commands like 'mv' seem to defy
> localisation :)
>

localizing the help files should be the easiest part. With regular
programming languages...ok so you really need to know english and take
a few courses or a degree in computer science to get anywhere. But for
a user programming language, all users should be able to have more
control over their computer and not just an elite few.