Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-14 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 14 May 2010 13:13:35 +, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > No experience at all implementing shell wrappers, It's like writing a batch script under DOS. > I tried installing tcltutor and that's bombing out allover the place. So implementing a Tcl/Tk based GUI for this task isn't your goa

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-14 Thread Gary Gatten
"No experience at all implementing shell wrappers, I tried installing tcltutor and that's bombing out allover the place. this is getting too complex, I think I'll load just a desktop gui , and put a clamav icon on the desktop and just have them right click and scan drive" Then perhaps consid

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-14 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
>You only need one of the last two things. You have to decide: >a) Want X? Use Tcl/Tk. Install both tcl and tk ports. Examples in /usr/local/lib/tk/demos. >b) Work in text mode? Use dialog. Comes with base system. Examples in /usr/share/examples/dialog. >c) Work in text more,

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-13 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 13 May 2010 13:10:51 +, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Ok so I have my new box setup and I have installed > Clamav-devel > Tcl86 > Dialog You only need one of the last two things. You have to decide: a) Want X? Use Tcl/Tk. Install both tcl and tk ports. Examples in /usr/local/l

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-13 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Ok so I have my new box setup and I have installed Clamav-devel Tcl86 Dialog First question is , I have only ever used clamav-clamd in the past > which I start with /usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd start to run it, how do I run devel? Second question is , where to o

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-13 Thread Gary Gatten
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Gatten Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:12 AM To: 'Jean-Paul Natola' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: user friendliest gui -Origin

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-13 Thread Gary Gatten
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Paul Natola Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:11 AM Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: user friendliest gui >If one would really want to go with X,

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-13 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
>If one would really want to go with X, Tcl/Tk, as it has been >mentioned by others (and me), is a good way to go. There are >helpful examples installed when you install it on your system. >It's a very easy to learn, but still powerful scripting language >that very well interacts with command line

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Eitan Adler
> Don't mean to sound TOO ignorant, but which Tcl should I be installing? > This one? > /usr/ports/lang/p5-Tcl p5-Tcl is the perl interface for Tcl. Try lang/tcl86 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
>Anyway, a bit of DOS batch programming experience helps >people intending to write a /bin/sh shell script, and if >this task is done, a "GUI wrapper", either using text mode >with dialog, or using Tcl/Tk in X is quite easy. Don't mean to sound TOO ignorant, but which Tcl should I be installing?

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:58, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:47:24 -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: >> No, Denial of Service would be DoS. He's talking about Disk Operating >> System. Funny, though. > > Well, and "Disk Operating System" is a language then? :-) > > Okay okay, of course I knew

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:47:24 -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: > No, Denial of Service would be DoS. He's talking about Disk Operating > System. Funny, though. Well, and "Disk Operating System" is a language then? :-) Okay okay, of course I knew that he was refering to batch programming with DOS commands

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:02, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:39:46 +, Jean-Paul Natola > wrote: >> >> As for directions: >> >> >Use your choice of programming language to write a program that will >> >call file(1) to determine filesystem, mount the device, virus scan, and >> >un

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:39:46 +, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > > As for directions: > > >Use your choice of programming language to write a program that will > >call file(1) to determine filesystem, mount the device, virus scan, and > >unmount the device. Display prompts and results with dial

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-12 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
As for directions: >Use your choice of programming language to write a program that will >call file(1) to determine filesystem, mount the device, virus scan, and >unmount the device. Display prompts and results with dialog(1). Print >results if desired. I do not know any language, other tha

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 12 May 2010, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: These tasks may be trivial to all members on this list, but to a novice like myself, seems a bit overwhelming to be honest. As far as the touchscreen goes , thats a nice thought, but not in our budget. I'd prefer to spend ~300 dollars on the rec

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
t: Re: user friendliest gui > From andrewlylego...@gmail.com Tue May 11 16:46:38 2010 > Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:46:50 -0500 > Subject: Re: user friendliest gui > From: Andrew Gould > To: Jean-Paul Natola > Cc: Robert Bonomi , > "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org&quo

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From andrewlylego...@gmail.com Tue May 11 16:46:38 2010 > Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:46:50 -0500 > Subject: Re: user friendliest gui > From: Andrew Gould > To: Jean-Paul Natola > Cc: Robert Bonomi , > "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" > > On Tu

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Andrew Gould
mi > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:07 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: user friendliest gui > > >> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:51:44 + >> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List >> Subject: RE: user friendliest gui

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
: user friendliest gui > Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:51:44 + > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: RE: user friendliest gui > > My users here, "no gui" = "machine is broken" > > > From: Eitan Adler [mailto:li...@eitanadle

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread osp
On Tue, 11 May 2010 18:49:51 + Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > For virus/malware > > Sorry bout that > > -Original Message- > From: Warren Block [mailto:wbl...@wonkity.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:49 PM > To: Jean-Paul Natola > Cc: FreeBSD Maili

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 May 2010 22:30:08 +0300, Eitan Adler wrote: > > My users here, "no gui" = "machine is broken" And they *do* use computers? :-) > makes it very necessary. Sure. > Anyway if you want a really simple GUI try icewm or dwm. The former recently > had a thread on its mailing list about

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 11 May 2010 14:07:10 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > Why?? Because, In this case, the GUI is entirely -un-necessary-. The user > doesn't have to do anything other than stick the flash drive in the USB port. > > The machine does everything else. *WITHOUT* any further user intervent

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Eitan Adler
Why?? Because, In this case, the GUI is entirely -un-necessary-. The user > doesn't have to do anything other than stick the flash drive in the USB > port. > > My users here, "no gui" = "machine is broken" makes it very necessary. Anyway if you want a really simple GUI try icewm or dwm. The

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Eitan Adler
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Gary Gatten wrote: > If that's all your doing on that system, maybe some restricted shell with > automagical scan script would be fine? Just a thought. Avoid GUI's if you > can! > Why? For most users GUIs are far easier to understand and use. __

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:51:44 + > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: RE: user friendliest gui > > My users here, "no gui" = "machine is broken" > > > From: Eitan Adler [mailto:li...@eitanadler.com] > Sent:

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
My users here, "no gui" = "machine is broken" From: Eitan Adler [mailto:li...@eitanadler.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:48 PM To: Gary Gatten Cc: Jean-Paul Natola; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: user friendliest gui On Tue, May 11, 2

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Jean-Paul Natola
For virus/malware Sorry bout that -Original Message- From: Warren Block [mailto:wbl...@wonkity.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:49 PM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: user friendliest gui On Tue, 11 May 2010, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > I'm pla

Re: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 11 May 2010, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: I'm planning on setting up a workstation in our library for the SOLE purpose of scanning flash drives. What do you mean by "scanning flash drives"? Scanning for files, viruses, images, what? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA _

RE: user friendliest gui

2010-05-11 Thread Gary Gatten
If that's all your doing on that system, maybe some restricted shell with automagical scan script would be fine? Just a thought. Avoid GUI's if you can! -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Paul Nato