On 7/3/06, dondi_2006 dondi_2006@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