Running scripts

[Niko Sams]

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:27 AM, Andreas Pakulat <apaku at gmx.de> wrote:
> On 14.03.09 09:34:21, Niko Sams wrote:
>> I started working on a php debugger and need a way to run scripts.
>> I need the following possibilities:
>> - run on commandline
>>    can be accieved using the current run settings by settings executable to
>>     "php /path/to/my/script.php"
>> - run on commandline over ssh on external server
>>    it is quite common that you have php only on a server, and you want
>> to run it there.
>>    currently possible with:
>>     "ssh server php /path/to/my/script.php"
>> - run in external browser (remote or local server)
>>    "konqueror http://server/path/to/my/script.php?XDEBUG_START=$XDEBUGID"
>>    ($XDEBUGID would be replaced by the debugger with an unique id)
>> - run in internal browser
>>   a WebKit OutputView should be opened, currently not possible
>>
>> So any ideas how we could improve the user interface for defining
>> script targets?
>> Especially "run in external browser" targets could be more user friendly.
>
> I just went through some of the mails in the last 2 months today and marked
> the run-pref-change stuff for myself as I want to work on that soon(ish).
> That will allow you to have custom target types with custom config UI (and
> of course custom run-jobs), so should fulfill your needs. My current plan
> is to write that in the next 1-2 weeks, but of course depends on my
> motivation.
great!
Where will it be possible to have the custom UI? in IRunProvider?

> Regarding the internal browser thing: A "OutputView" as in similar to the
> ones we have right now is probably not an option due to its design, but
> you're of course free to provide a custom toolview that embeds the
> webkitpart and/or khtmlpart.
You mean in my debugger plugin? For now the easiest way I guess - later when
multiple plugins need this we could create a IBrowserOutputView or something.

thanks,
Niko