[Xastir] Feature idea for Xastir

[Stephen - K1LNX]

I vote python!!!

On 8/28/07, Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote:
>
> Argh.  Not VBscript!  XML?  perl?
>
> William McKeehan wrote:
> > Has anyone thought about adding a scripting capability within Xastir?
> >
> > I'm thinking about something like some VB script (or similar) that would
> allow
> > a relatively non-developer to create little applications which lets
> Xastir do
> > the heavy lifting.
> >
> > An example of the type of thing that I'm thinking about would be keeping
> track
> > of how many runners have pasted a particular point. An Xastir station at
> that
> > particular point would execute this script which would prompt for a
> number.
> > The user would enter a number and the script/Xastir would handle the
> rest. The
> > rest could be creating and sending a message to the NCS station with the
> > updated information or it could be creating an object using this
> information.
> >
> > Am I off my rocker or is this an idea worth considering?
>
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