[esp-r] Re: on graphic mode

[Aizaz Samuel]

I have managed to run scripts in text mode on W7 using the DOS command 
prompt, not as elegant as bash but works without much problems.
Could provide interested parties with details.

-Aizaz

On 24/10/12 17:20, Jon Hand wrote:
> The X11 based interface can almost totally be driven via
> keystrokes (the same keystrokes that would run an esp-r
> module when running in pure-text mode).  Many scripts
> can drive production tasks in pure-text mode or via the
> graphic model in X11.
>
> The alternative GTK interface menus are not sensitive
> to keystrokes ;-(
>
> If there are a few dialog types in the X11 interface that
> do not respond to keyboard actions let us know and
> we might be able to have that dialog also listen for
> keystrokes.
>
> -Jon Hand
>
> ________________________________________
> From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Gian Luca Brunetti [gianluca.brunetti at polimi.it]
> Sent: 24 October 2012 16:22
> To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
> Subject: [esp-r]  on graphic mode
>
> Dear list,
> one question about the interface in graphic mode.
>
> I wonder if there is a way to work in a graphic session without the aid
> of the mouse; that is, a way to launch all operations, with no
> exceptions, by keyboard shortcuts in graphic mode.
>
> This would allow to manage ESP-r by scripts without entering the batch
> mode, so to keep access to the functions that are only present in
> graphic mode.
>
> The obstacle here appears to be the operation of putting the cursor in a
> dialogue box without using the mouse.
>
> I wonder if someone has ever tried a way to do that, for example by
> tweaking the C code to link some rarely used keyboard character (§, for
> instance) to the action of positioning the cursor in a dialogue input
> frame on the screen.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Best regards
>
> Gian Luca Brunetti
>
> Politecnico di Milano
> Dipartimento BEST
> via Bonardi 11 Milano
> tel./fax 02 2399 5750
>
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