So Simple, it Might Just Be Worth Implementing
Tom Tromey had a Silly desktop idea for the GNOME desktop project — create a small interpreter that can load freedesktop.org desktop entry specification files, and then make those filese executable, so one can just execute the .desktop file to load the appropriate app.
I read this and thought, “Huh, that is a good idea,” and began implementing it in my head, in Python. I might throw something together this weekend. Or, I might not. Either way, you’ve been warned.
Tom Tromey wrote,
Unfortunately I think a script’s interpreter can’t itself be a script.
So, python probably won’t work too well here.
Link | September 28th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
fdiv_bug wrote,
You’re right, and shortly after I’d written this post I remembered that. It could either be shebang’d with “!#/usr/bin/env /path/to/my/python/script” or simply written in C. Since I need to brush up on my C for something else I’m considering working on, I’ve decided to go the latter route for the time being. I’ll post here with more info if/when I have any (I have a nasty tendency to get bored easily and wander off).
Thanks for the feedback!
Link | September 29th, 2006 at 7:52 am