LUA scripting language
Posted: 01 Jun 2008, 10:00
After reading http://forum.altap.cz/viewtopic.php?t=2661 I would like to ask you: do you know/use LUA language?
Advanced options in Salamander will never be sufficient to satisfy needs of advanced users. I see two solutions here: plugins or scripting language. So far building of custom plugins seems to be ignored by Salamander user base so what about some scripting language?
In the mentioned case it would be possible to extend Advanced Options (Find, Copy, Move operations) with a new combobox where you will be able to select from available scripts. Each file and directory would be passed into the chosen script and could be approved or rejected there.
We would probably find other commands where the scripting language would be useful. For example Batch Renamer, Make File List, Change Case, Select/Unselect, or User Menu commands.
Recent versions of our favorite text editor SciTE does support LUA scripting, see http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTELua.html
Please share your thoughts
Advanced options in Salamander will never be sufficient to satisfy needs of advanced users. I see two solutions here: plugins or scripting language. So far building of custom plugins seems to be ignored by Salamander user base so what about some scripting language?
In the mentioned case it would be possible to extend Advanced Options (Find, Copy, Move operations) with a new combobox where you will be able to select from available scripts. Each file and directory would be passed into the chosen script and could be approved or rejected there.
We would probably find other commands where the scripting language would be useful. For example Batch Renamer, Make File List, Change Case, Select/Unselect, or User Menu commands.
Recent versions of our favorite text editor SciTE does support LUA scripting, see http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTELua.html
Please share your thoughts