From kde-core-devel  Sat Oct 07 16:42:07 2006
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:42:07 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Using scripting languages for KDE4 main modules
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On Saturday 07 October 2006 9:06, Andras Mantia wrote:
> languages. For (a completely made up) example, I would oppose having
> the clock applet for kicker written in Ruby/Python, but I don't oppose

why? have you looked at styleclock? it is a c++ "shim" that loads kjs and=20
renders clocks written in js. in fact the clock is, imho, a perfect example=
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of something that would be better done with scripting as it confers greater=
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flexibility at very little cost to great benefit to the user.

this is, btw, one of the reasons i advocate js over, say, python or ruby fo=
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these specific cases: the overhead is acceptable.

>  I think the basic desktop should work just fine without a need for a
> language interpreter.=20

i don't think it's too much to ask for kjs or qsa. they are both lightweigh=
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and at least kjs is already in use on your desktop if you use konqi. it's n=
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like the current clock written in c++ is exactly lightweight (it's one of t=
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fattest and certainly the slowest of all the default applets, actually)

> Compiled code rulez. ;-)=20

for libraries and certain support roles, you bet.

>  If we are talking about complete applications written in a script
> language, I'm fine with them, even shipped with KDE, if - again - they
> do not provide basic desktop functionality.

i do agree that it is good to keep the basic desktop as thin as possible. t=
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prevent scope creep by the compiled language bigots, i'd suggest that a goo=
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definition of "basic desktop functionality" would be required to make this =
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useful metric. and that's not as easy as it might sound ;)=20

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