Package manger - Script Language

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Which script languge do you like better ?

Poll ended at Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:01 pm

A basic based one.
17
63%
A Batch file based one.
10
37%
 
Total votes: 27

Dr. Fred
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Package manger - Script Language

Post by Dr. Fred »

We want to code a package manager for ReactOs.
For this we need a script lang.

Here is an example for the Basic based one:

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Sub Main
  'This a comment
  download("http://www.somewere.org/setup.zip")
  extract("setup.zip")
End Sub

Sub After
  shell setup.exe
End Sub
and here is one for the batch file based.

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# This is a comment
main:
downl http://www.somewere.org/setup.zip
unzip setup.zip
after:
run setup.exe
But for advanced Stuff (like "if") we can go the Basic way here, too.

For more information about the package manager see the wiki and the topic Packet Manager on this board. General Things about it should be posted there.
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Post by Dr. Fred »

PS: My vote is the batch file one beause it's easier to implement,
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Post by Phalanx »

A batch file one is not good enough. It does not allow for file version checks, registering files, extra user input, downloading extra parts, updating and creating settings and much more. It simply does not have what is required.
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Post by Dr. Fred »

You can do that in a batch file, too. Alought I my suggestion was to go the Vb way for such advanced stuff.

Anyway we don't have to do everything like the original lang.
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Post by Harteex »

Phalanx wrote:A batch file one is not good enough. It does not allow for file version checks, registering files, extra user input, downloading extra parts, updating and creating settings and much more. It simply does not have what is required.
Of course you can do that, it just depends which commands you implement. Just because it's a batch style, doesn't mean you're bound to standard batch file commands.

My vote is on batch.
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Post by Dr. Fred »

Looks like this will be a close run.

Ohh.. I forgot to tell you the vote is for 3 days.
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Post by Phalanx »

The lack of variables and control structures are the problem in doing the above things. It will mean you will have to create programs to do the install and updates and running them is all the batch script will do, which just makes more work.
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Post by Dr. Fred »

Phalanx wrote:is all the batch script will do, which just makes more work.
This is not not a batch script ! It only looks like one. It's a brand new lang.
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Post by frik85 »

Dr. Fred wrote:PS: My vote is the batch file one beause it's easier to implement,
I voted for a basic/vbscript like script language.
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Post by Stof91 »

Dr. Fred wrote:
Phalanx wrote:is all the batch script will do, which just makes more work.
This is not not a batch script ! It only looks like one. It's a brand new lang.
ROScript ;)
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Post by Asraniel »

Why cant you make the ROS shell more or less unix like but at the same time windows compatible, so you would have no problems at all
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Post by volksgeist III »

I realize this might be an ignorant question, but why not just ship with (my favourite scripting language) Python? It's very simple, intuitive syntax, and is also very powerful.

Failing that, I would vote for basic ahead of batch.
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Post by Phalanx »

Cause it is not a windows language and makes it yet another language for developers to learn.
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Post by Dr. Fred »

The problem is that many don't want Python. (See above) And that we don't if the ros devlopers allow us to upload the libs to the tree.
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Batch Based

Post by avryhof »

I like Batch based.

...But not MS-DOS Batch File Based, Base it on the 4DOS Batch interpreter.

http://www.jpsoft.com/

4DOS Batch files have variabls, arrays, and alot of other things standard batch files don't... and since it's a win32 version, the screen drawing functions should be replaced with form drawing functions.

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@echo off
openwin /title="My Window" /handle=01
addbutton /window=01 /x=50 /y=240 /caption="My Button" /errorlevel=1
...add more controls here...

do while errorlevel 0
loop

on errorlevel 1 do something
What do you think? Sort of Batch sort of event driven, and very powerful.[/code]
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