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==== ShellShell OSX Shell Macros (Projects) ====

*Yet another obsolete project*

**Current Version : ShellShell 1.1.0 of March 2nd, 2002


(Minor improvements, UI glitch fixed)**

As everyone knows, lurking underneath the fancy Aqua interface of Mac OS X
is a nifty UNIX system.  By using the Terminal application, you can open a user
shell, "look behind the curtain," and execute UNIX commands.  But unless you've
got some UNIX experience, using the shell commandline interface can be
intimidating.  Wouldn't it be nice if you had a nice "Aquatic" interface to the
shell?




ShellShell is a scriptable application that can do just this - provide a friendly OS X user
interface to any UNIX command.  For example, the **cal**endar command
looks like this...




{{http://madoverlord.com/MO/example.jpg}}




ShellShell macro scripts define the user interface for a particular command, and
how the options interact to form the final command string.  For example, the script for the
cal command looks like this:




{{http://wiki.animeigo.com/MO/script.gif}}




I've written a few scripts for some common commands, but I'm depending on the
community to come up with more (and find ones that the current scripting language
can't handle).




The scripting language is actually fairly powerful.  Some UI elements can
have "slave" elements, you can define arbitrary mutually exclusive groups, and
even use PopUp menus.




Enjoy!


=== Copyright and Legal Information ===



©2001 Robert Woodhead, All Rights Reserved.




ShellShell is LegoWare.  If you like it and use it, send my kids Lego Blocks!
Details in the ReadMe file.




Written in RealBasic.  Use at your own risk (not because it's written
in RealBasic, because it's written by me!)

madoverlord/projects-shellshell.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/22 00:12 by madoverlord

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