[Cuis] A way to call external programs

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Hannes,

H. Hirzel wrote:
> And I see that there is as well FFI
>
> https://github.com/bpieber/Cuis-StyledTextEditor/blob/master/FFI.pck
>
> Where did the code come from?
> What is the status?
>
> --Hannes
>   

It came from Squeak's FFI package. The status is usable. I used it only 
on Windows, but there should not be (big) problems to use it on other 
platforms.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

> On 1/14/13, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On 1/13/13, Bernhard Pieber <bernhard at pieber.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Germán,
>>>
>>> IIRC, StyledTextEditor includes such a feature in the package
>>> CrappyOSProcess.pck:
>>> https://github.com/bpieber/Cuis-StyledTextEditor/blob/master/CrappyOSProcess.pck
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bernhard
>>>       
>> Hello Bernard,
>>
>> I was not aware of this initial porting effort to call external
>> programs. I did a pull request asking about the status of the
>> *OSProcess.pck... :-)
>>
>>     https://github.com/bpieber/Cuis-StyledTextEditor/pull/9
>>
>> Could we move it to a separate repository so that we can work on it
>> independently of StyledTextEditor?
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Hannes
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Am 12.01.2013 um 13:57 schrieb Germán Arduino:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> I just wonder how to call external programas, for example in shareware
>>>> world is very common to have in a desktop program options to go to the
>>>> website of the product, for example to check the FAQ page, to put a
>>>> "Like"
>>>> in the Facebook page, etc.
>>>>
>>>> In Dolphin exist a Shell library that is easy to use, some sort of:
>>>>
>>>> ShellLibrary default
>>>> 		shellOpen: 'www.passwordspro.com/buy.html'.
>>>>
>>>> but in a multiplatform tool as Cuis the things are a bit more
>>>> complicated.
>>>>
>>>> Exist some package already? We should think in OSProcess and
>>>> CommandShell
>>>> ports?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Germán Arduino
>>>> about.me/garduino
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