[support] I can't believe you can't add content from the command line...

[Greg Knaddison - GVS]

On 7/3/06, dondi_2006 <dondi_2006 at libero.it> wrote:
> >If you want a desktop solution, you might start with something like
> >Performancing or even ecto.
>
> But this is not what I call desktop "solutions". The Performancing
> plugin, Ecto (which btw I can't run natively on Linux), all the other
> stand-alone clients like bloGtK or, for that matter, the web interface
> of drupal or any other CMS around are just PATCHES, HACKS from this
> point of view. More exactly, they're stuff which *is* essential, but
> not a solution to serious, continuous use, or posting long texts.
> I don't want to use this kind of programs.

Nobody has exactly what you are looking for because your request is
very specific. There are many other modules which do similar things
for other purposes (import/export is one I can think of) but probably
none of them do exactly what you need.  It's not a common way for
people to interact with a Drupal site, so there are no standard and
already created modules to do it.

I think that the suggestions for "look at this module" or "try that
extension" were meant to show you a base of code that does similar
things so that you can modify it to exactly suit your own situation.
If you simply try to use these modules and extensions and software you
will certainly be disappointed with how they fit your situation.

> I refuse to not use these *real* programs full-screen, in favour of some crippled text editor, or to paste _manually_, every time, what I
> just wrote in a real word processor in a box slightly bigger than a
> cell phone display.
> I am looking for  a script solution so I can then connect it to a macro
> inside a word processor, or a local cron job. Without ever looking to
> any "blogging client" or web interface.

This is a reasonable use case, though not a common one.  The rich
client side XUL administrator summer of code project (I believe) gets
closer to what you are looking to find.  I suggest you look into it
and perhaps help to shape it:
http://drupal.org/node/60507
http://groups.drupal.org/soc-xul-based-drupal-manager

In fact, I just tried the demo that is available for that and it is
looking GREAT!

However, don't be surprised if you have to roll your own using some of
the suggested modules/software as an example.  Drupal sites are
generally used for community content where it is created by many
people.  In that case, it makes more sense to use an in-browser
WYSIWYG editor and to _theme_ the site to have a larger input box than
to use some client side script to upload individual files.

Regards,
Greg

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