[LAU] [ANN] Bristol 0.60.0 Command Line Interface

[rosea.grammostola]

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 !?!

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