From: Jamis Buck <jamis_buck@...>
Date: 2004-11-29T09:29:41+09:00
Subject: Re: [ann] cros-0.1 prerelease

Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> demo page (not connected to server, so no funcionality)
> http://ros.rubyforge.org/output/frontend/
> 
> download here:
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=132&release_id=1173
> 
> 
> 
> CROS, Cofigurator 4 ROS
> =======================
> 
> This is an Operator Stacking system, heavily inspired by
> a RAD tool for composing demoes, named Werkkzeug:
> http://www.theprodukkt.com/werkkzeug1.html

But... what *is* it? Sorry if I'm being dense... You have a lot of 
tempting statements here (and below), but I'm not very clear on what 
this is supposed to actually *do*. :)

Is it like the Werkkzeug product you linked to, which appears to be a 
tool for creating demos? (Doesn't say what *kind* of demos, though...so 
I'm still pretty in the dark...)

Thanks, and sorry if this is obviously self-explanatory and I'm just 
missing it...

- Jamis

> 
> 
> 
> Status
> ======
> 
> This is an early release, which still is very experimental.
> Its supposed to work with Konqueror 3.3.1 and Firefox 1.0.
> It has been reported that it works with Opera too.
> 
> Backend is very early.. Actually today (29 Nov 2004) I have
> gotten communication between backend and frontend working.
> I need to be able to plug in new operators into the backend.
> 
> Frontend is good. Most critical things has been solved.
> 
> 
> 
> If you have interest in this project, then please join
> this mailinglist.
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-talk
> 
> 
> 
> Usage
> =====
> 
> It requires Ruby version 1.8.1 or better, and has no
> dependencies on other packages.
> 
> To start the application
> 
>   prompt> cd backend
>   prompt> ruby main.rb
> 
> 
> Point your browser to
> 
>   http://localhost:10080/
> 
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> --
> Simon Strandgaard
> 
> 
> 


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