Re: [Chicken-users] Some eggs I'd like to add to svn

[Matt Welland]

Yikes, when read on my phone my email looks very long! Here is a brief version:

I'd like to add some eggs to svn:

1. refdb - gnumeric spreadsheet to branch/merge friendly flat file converter.

2. histstore - command line history database

3. mfind - file tree store similar to gnu locate

4. timesnitch - statistically measure where you spend your time.

5. margs - simplistic argument processor.

And (adding this one) ...

6. stml - minimal cgi web app framework.

Any objections to my adding these? Any objections/suggestions about the names?

Thanks!

Matt
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On Wed, 21 May 2014 21:41:49 -0700
Matt Welland <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a few small apps which I'd like to add to svn if there are no 
> objections. Note: I've no idea what to call these things so suggestions for 
> better names are welcome.
> 
> 1. refdb. Keep a spreadsheet in a set of flat files which are branch and 
> merge friendly (e.g. in tools like git and fossil). Formatting is preserved. 
> Data is treated as a three level dictionary array <sheet><row><col> so row 
> and column labels in the spreadsheet must be unique. Refdb has only been 
> tested with gnumeric.
> 
> 2. histstore. Easily capture your commandline history into a sqlite3 
> database. This is very handy for those of us working with engineering design 
> tools and such like where long, complicated command lines are a daily 
> annoyance.
> 
> 3. mfind. A tool for storing a directory tree in an sqlite3 database for easy 
> searching. Mostly handy in environments where locate is either not set up or 
> cannot be set up centrally for security reasons.
> 
> 4. timesnitch. A strange tool for measuring what you do with your time. It 
> randomly pops up a dialog where you enter what you were doing and provides a 
> report of where your time is going based on some simple statistics. The 
> method is similar to measuring the area of a closed curve on a piece of paper 
> by randomly dotting the paper, counting the dots inside the curve, dividing 
> by the total number of dots on the paper and then multiplying by the area of 
> the paper. Although it can be slightly irritating :) timesnitch is fun to use 
> for a few days. It is surprisingly accurate and for me at least it has 
> revealed some interesting insights into how I spend my time, particularly at 
> the office.
> 
> 5. margs. A *very* simplistic command line argument parser. I have never 
> acclimatized to the existing arg processors and I use this one a lot. Making 
> it into an egg is mostly for my personal convenience :) 
> 
> I think I've mentioned my interest in putting these out as eggs in the past 
> but I didn't follow though at the time. Refdb and histore are quite popular 
> at work and I'd like to ensure they are readily available and easy to install.
> 
> To set these up I just create and populate the necessary directories in svn 
> and add entries to egg-locations, correct? I could create fossils for these 
> and register them but that seems like more hassle than it is worth. Does it 
> matter to anyone which option I choose, fossil or svn? If I go the fossil 
> route can I keep multiple eggs in a single fossil?
> 
> Lastly, these projects are all a little rough, (I'm an analog design 
> engineer, not a programmer!) but comments and feedback are greatly 
> appreciated.
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