From kde-core-devel Sat Oct 07 16:51:41 2006 From: Boudewijn Rempt Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 16:51:41 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Using scripting languages for KDE4 main modules Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=116023991409899 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--693760-172795724-1160239901=:2881" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --693760-172795724-1160239901=:2881 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Saturday 07 October 2006 8:58, Boudewijn Rempt wrote: > > On Saturday 07 October 2006 16:42, Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > > =C2=A0- a LOT of people know it from such applications as the web > > > > I see this assertion a lot, and I really don't know whether it's right. > > There are many web-people who have a little javascript -- but are they = the > > people who want to write a script to automate something in KMail? I don= 't >=20 > i would suggest that the examples of firefox's extensions and apple's=20 > dashboard proves the point quite nicely. if that isn't enough proof for y= ou=20 > in addition to the logic behind it then i'd suggest you simply don't want= to=20 > be convinced =3D) now, i understand that when some of us were making the = case=20 > for js in application scripting there weren't such obvious and visible=20 > success stories out there, but now there are. It only means that you and I have very different things in mind when talkin= g about scriptable applications: you are thinking about extensions developers who make their extensions available to users, and I am thinking about users and companies (even small ones) who need to write scripts for themselves. Like we could with WordPerfect 4.2 or Word 2. To create some functionality = that is needed at the user's workplace, but not necessarily elsewhere. Given tha= t we're not speaking about the same use-cases (which haven't actually been=20 defined before) it's not strange that you seem obtuse to me and I seem obtu= se to you. Boudewijn --693760-172795724-1160239901=:2881--