[LAU] [ANN] Bristol 0.60.0 Command Line Interface
rosea.grammostola
rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 11:18:46 UTC 2010
On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 12:54 +0200, Nick Copeland wrote:
> Bristol now has a text based command line interface, the ability to
> completely
> suppress any graphical user interface and if directed to do so
> from ./configure
> then remove all dependencies on the X11 system. It is possible to open
> the
> CLI and the GUI at the same time.
>
> This was based on the discussions with Julien Claassen for
> accessiblity for blind
> users.
>
> The interface is based on the way VI works, there is an ':insert' mode
> where
> commands can be given, and a separate ESC mode where the L/R cursor
> motion
> keys will scan through the different synth parameters and U/D will
> change their
> values.
>
> The interface has search/complete features and keys can be remapped
> for a
> selection of functions.
>
> The Insert mode has command completion, 50 line history with command
> like
> recall and editing, plus the ability to define aliases with multiple
> commands per
> alias and some variable replacement so that complex directives can be
> simplified.
> The :insert prompt can be configured to report useful data on the
> emulator.
>
> All settings can be saved in the emulator profile for later recall,
> the process can
> also be automated.
>
> The code is available from sfdc, the changelog and news page describe
> the CLI
> capabilities, perhaps a little haphazardly.
>
> Regards, nick
Great work! Power of open source !?!
\r
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