RE: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem

[Weddington, Eric]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave N6NZ [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 6:45 PM
> To: Weddington, Eric
> Cc: Joerg Wunsch; avrdude-dev; SimonQian
> Subject: Re: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem
> 
> 
> Weddington, Eric wrote:
> > 
> > - Fuse settings (as you mentioned)
> > - Beginning user, who needs the comfort of a GUI. University student
> > first learning embedded systems. Electronic tech on the 
> factory floor
> > who is not as comfortable with a CLI.
> 
> Factory floor is something I hadn't been thinking about.  
> That puts an 
> entirely different twist on it in my mind.  For that 
> environment I would 
> argue that you would want to be able to customize the gui at least to 
> the extent of turning off stuff that isn't needed.  At minimum, a 
> configuration file (XML again?) that presets certain options, and/or 
> grays out certain options.  Maybe you need multiple 
> configuration files, 
> so the user (factory tech) is presented with a menu of product 
> names/numbers and the gui gets preset according to that product 
> definition file.
> 
> Avrdude on rails.

Sheesh, let's get a simple GUI first. The all-singing, all-dancing GUI
later.


> > 
> > Besides, it seems that it is a difficult challenge. There have been
> > several people who have tried to build a GUI for avrdude 
> and have failed
> > for one reason or another. I'm beginning to think that it 
> can't be done.
> > ;-)
> 
> I've seen that fly before, and this fish is too smart :) Tie 
> on another one.
> 

I can't offer fortune, but I can offer fame. :-)

Eric