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Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands

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On 9/7/20 1:43 PM, Christoph K. wrote:

> I'd like to "automate" a couple of tasks that I (until now) do on the
> command line manually. Examples include splitting of video files using
> ffmpeg, run backups with specific parameters, display checksums(md5), etc.

> My idea is that I'd start up the gui and select a task (e. g. split a
> video file). A command line will be loaded (maybe from a config file)
> with placeholders for input, output and other parameters.
> I will then drag some file on the gui and the filename will be used as a
> parameter, in this case as the input file.
> Then I will click some run button, which executes the command.
> Ideally the output and exit code will be displayed.

There are a great many ways to implement graphical user interface 
applications.  Drag-and-drop support implies good integration with the 
window manager or desktop environment.  One option is to use a 
programming language and a GUI library to build a script or executable 
(e.g. Tcl/Tk, C/GTK).  Another option is to use a stack to deliver an 
application with a web browser interface (e.g. 
LAMP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript).  Another option is to use a RAD/IDE 
environment that expedites one or both of the former and/or provides a 
platform-agnostic platform whose apps can be cross-compiled to many 
platforms (e.g. Delphi, Java, .NET, Unity, LiveCode).  And there are 
more options to choose from, especially if you are wiling to consider 
commercial tools (many of which offer free-as-in-beer editions).


You should define some criteria to narrow the choices.  This is a Debian 
mailing list, so I assume you want to build and run apps on Debian using 
tools packaged on Debian (?).  Do you want to develop and/or deploy on 
other platforms?  Will the apps be single-user or multi-user (including 
yourself on multiple devices)?  Will the app include accessibility 
features?  Privacy?  Security?  What license(s) will apply to the app? 
Will you use any external development infrastructure (e.g SourceForge, 
GitHub).  Tell us about your programming knowledge and skills.  How much 
time and money do you want to put into developing the first app?  What 
about apps after that (and how many)?  Are the apps a hobby, or do you 
want to leverage this into a programmer job and/or commercial venture? 
And, whatever else comes to mind.


David

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Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands "Christoph K." <christoph@kobenetz.de> - 2020-09-07 22:50 +0200
  Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-09-08 12:00 +0200
    Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands "Christoph K." <christoph@kobenetz.de> - 2020-09-08 14:20 +0200
      Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-09-09 00:40 +0200
  Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-09-08 14:10 +0200
    Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 14:50 +0200
      Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 15:20 +0200
      Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands "Christoph K." <christoph@kobenetz.de> - 2020-09-08 17:20 +0200
        Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 18:50 +0200
          Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-09-08 19:00 +0200
          Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands "Christoph K." <christoph@kobenetz.de> - 2020-10-13 14:20 +0200
  Re: Looking for a generic drag and drop gui for custom commands Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-09-08 20:00 +0200

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