Re: ANNOUNCE: Grunt - Lua Shell Scripting for Windows

[Mark Meijer <meijer78@...>]

Very interesting!

2009/2/17 John Hind <john.hind@zen.co.uk>:
> Thanks Ryan! Yes, I'd be very happy for Grunt to be included in LfW. With
> your permission, I will also add the customised SciTE to my distribution. A
> little further down the line, I hope to promote Grunt outside the Lua
> community to general Windows users.
>
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> Sent: 16 February 2009 19:01
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> Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Grunt - Lua Shell Scripting for Windows
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> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM, John Hind <john.hind@zen.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The initial (beta) release of Grunt, a new Lua-based Shell Scripting System
> for Windows, has been posted on LuaForge. The download includes the runtime,
> full documentation and some example scripts. Source code will follow
> shortly.
>
> http://luaforge.net/projects/grunt/
>
> Grunt is a scripting system for the Windows Shell based on the Lua
> programming language. In contrast to other scripting systems such as Windows
> Power Shell, it is based on graphical user interface concepts rather than a
> command line and it is compact and self-contained. It was designed
> originally for automating Portable Applications on USB Flash Drives and for
> complex "suction" backup routines on removable disk drives. Headline
> features:
>
> . Fully featured scripting language based on Lua.
>
> . System Tray icon and right-click menu customisable from Lua.
>
> . Ability to start and manage application and command processes.
>
> . File management facilities based on the Shell Object hierarchy.
>
> . Ability to arrange application windows on multiple monitors.
>
> . Support for mount and dismount of removable drives.
>
> . Ability to spawn a secondary script with elevated privileges under Vista.
>
> . Sophisticated time and date handling with scheduling.
>
> Please provide feedback, bugs etc. on the LuaForge forums for the project.
>
> This looks very impressive. What are your thoughts about including it in
> LfW? That would make the .gnt extension fire grunt.exe by double-clicking
> and add syntax highlighting for .gnt files... etc.
>
> Thoughs?
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan