From: wesley_bailey@yahoo.com Subject: ANNOUNCE: tkWorld 1.0 Beta Release 3 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 15:09:30 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- tkWorld-1.0 Beta 3 Wes's Own Really Lazy Desktop Written By Wes Bailey tkworld@tkworld.org http://www.tkworld.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New Features - Beta Release 3 ----------------------------- New to this release of tkWorld is shell and working directory management. In the first Beta release, all commands were executed using the "Bourne Shell" or whichever shell sh pointed to on the users system. In this release, users can select the shell to interpret commands with from a drop down list box which contains a list of commonly used shells. Another failure with the previous release of tkWorld was that a user had to manually switch to a directory in the Command Center by typing cd yourdir; command here tkWorld now has a drop down listbox which allows the user to select from the sub-directories of the current working directory, or choose a parent directory. The directory button then lists the contents of the current working directory. Now scripts are executed in the current working directory instead of the directory that tkWorld was started from. Initial Notes - Beta Release 2 (First Public Release) ----------------------------------------------------- tkWorld was born out of frustration by a developer who forgets command line options to often used shell commands. The process of accessing the man page, building the command, then piping the output to more or less is very tedious. Bash and other shells provide workable interfaces with Emacs and Vi key-bindings, command history, and the process pipeline. However, none of these features are integrated with the mouse, nor do they provide acceptable views of pages of scroll-able output. Basically, the author just got tired of using the xterm for daily work, debugging shell scripts, and writing commands. tkWorld is an acronym for Wes's Own Really Lazy Desktop. It is a collection of graphical user interfaces to standard Unix commands. Built on a Linux workstation with Unix users in mind, it maintains the integrity and features of the Unix operating system, but does not compromise the Unix philosophy of using small tools together to solve a large problem. Unlike other desktops and tools, this package does not force MS-Windows features, which do not fit into Unix, on you or the operating system. Using tkWorld is much easier than using the shell. Instead of typing a command at the prompt, you build them through a series of non-modal dialogs that have check buttons for command line options, and entries for data to be input. After constructing your command, you run it in the Command Center which is a script editor. After executing your command, your view the output Log Window which is a text editor. There is also a toolbar which makes using tkWorld easy too. You can save your scripts, save your output to a file, and turn balloon help on and off. With this release of tkWorld, there are dialogs for the following widely used Unix commands: Find Grep Make DOWNLOADING ----------- For complete information on this project, check out the official website: http://www.tkworld.org From here you can download the most recent release of the project: Hope you appreciate and enjoy the tools in tkWorld! Wes Bailey -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own