Re: [Qemu-devel] feature idea: allow user to run custom scripts

[Peter Maydell]

On 28 September 2015 at 20:43, Programmingkid <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Sep 28, 2015, at 3:29 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>
>> Programmingkid <address@hidden> writes:
>>>                                                         A menu item
>>> that displays a file open dialog is very easy to use. The user just selects
>>> a file and QEMU loads and runs all the commands in it. This feature
>>> would make QEMU easier to use. It would also make QEMU easily
>>> expandable. Typing long commands in the monitor is difficult and
>>> error prone. Saving these commands in a file would make it much
>>> easier for the user. An example command someone could put in a
>>> file is sending Control-Alt-Delete to the emulator. Another command
>>> could be mounting an image file. This feature would make things
>>> much easier for the user.
>>
>> You didn't mention you're talking about a *GUI* feature.
>
> I'm thinking it would be easier to send in the patch rather than talk about
> what this feature could be.

I think Markus and I are trying to save you that effort by
pointing out that this is a VM management layer feature,
not a core QEMU feature.

thanks
-- PMM