Re: New script category!

Rich Bowen wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Clemens Giegerich wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I didn't get any respons of my last e-mail (some weeks ago). I
> request a
> > new script category for my perltk script mkFilter.pl:
> >
> > mkFilter.pl is a script with GUI (perltk) for testing perl regular
> > expressions, filtering input data (text) and generating template
> > scripts. You can use the script like a debugger for a single regular
>
> > expression. You can't step into an expression but you can change the
>
> > expression and see immediately the change on the input string and
> all
> > auto set perl variables. Input separator can be changed so it can
> also
> > be used to work on structured data. The resulting expression can be
> > written to a template script (including loop, ...), applied inplace
> or
> > coppied to the clipboard. ...
> >
> > My first request for a new category was Text::Filter.
> > Another (perhaps bettter) idea from a reply of my request was
> Regex::.
> > Or both?
> >
> > Any comments?
>
> I seem to recall that there were a number of responses to it, some
> discussion of the relative merits of the "Text" top-level-category,
> and
> some other random discussion.
>
> Personally, I think that the name mkFilter is sufficiently
> undescriptive that folks will have a hard time recognizing from its
> name
> what it is, and so are likely to go past it in a listing.

The name results from a beginner point of view. In our department there
are many users which have only basic knowledge about programming
therefore the script was called after the primary function for this
users: making filter scripts. This is the reason why my first category
request was Text::Filter too.

>
>
> My opinion, for what it's worth, is that "Regex" might be a more
> appropriate category for this particular program, if I am correctly
> understanding what it does.
>

If you see the primary function of the script to develop regular
expression than the right category should be Regex:: but the script
should also get a new name as you already mentioned (e.g mkRegex.pl,
regexEvaluater.pl, ...). I developed the script for exactly this purpose
but after some time I mainly used it for filtering too. Now I think the
script should be named and categorized by the beginner point of view
(the primary users).

>
> --
> Rich Bowen - [email protected]
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Any further comments?
What do you think about Regex:: and regexEvaluater.pl?

    Clemens