I agree with Kevin that installing command-line tools via package managers can be useful.
— John On Jun 9, 2014, at 7:14 AM, Kevin Squire <kevin.squ...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've found it useful. I've often installed python packages simply for the > scripts they include, and it's convenient that they are accessible > immediately from the command line. > > In contrast, the R packages I've used rarely provide self-contained scripts, > and I've found it frustrating to download an R package and have to load up R > and execute a series of commands that (in my opinion) would have more > naturally been executed as a script (with command line arguments, etc.). > > Cheers, > Kevin > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> wrote: > My question is if this is a good idea or not. I'm not really sure. > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Samuel Colvin <samcol...@gmail.com> wrote: > In python pip packages you can declare "bin" scripts which become available > in path to execute. It's a simple feature but it allows you to use the system > to distribute simple "programs" as well as libraries. > > I can see there's no obvious way of providing the same functionality in > julia, but if I did have a package with a script that people might want to > execute, how would I proceed? > > Is there any plan for an optional directory in packages which would be added > to PATH? > > Perhaps the best approach for now is just to give some direction in the > README, eg.: > > "just run `cp ~/.julia/v0.3/packname/script.jl .` to copy the script to the > local directory and run it from there." ??? > >
