[openbeos] Re: importing hey in Haiku repository

On 2006-06-07 at 14:57:53 [+0200], Malthus <malthi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My frustration comes from trying to script the Haiku Media Prefs, to
> mute and unmute the AC97 Aux channel, which I use with a old Packard
> Bell FM tuner card.
> It works, but only if the AC97 mixer tab is already active, and
> therefore exposed to hey.
> 
> I know this is not really hey's problem and all a bit off-topic, but is
> there any way to launch the Media Prefs so that it opens to the AC97
> mixer by default?

Actually this is more on topic that Haiku's new killer app - a calculator! 
;-)

hey's syntax is a problem - scripting applications from the shell is a 
nightmare. But the real problem is the lack of handles and hooks in 
applications in order to be able to get them to do things. I think real 
programmers call hey directly from within C++ programs which makes a lot of 
difference. Done properly hey provides a lovely bridge for remote control 
of applications without the need for a new language and all the associated 
pitfalls.

Cue examples (but not from this non-programmer) of how to use hey from 
within one application to talk to another and how to make an application 
hey-friendly.

Charlie

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